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Time for a University Admissions Revolution?
Universities have now entered Visit Day season. Where students with offers come to look around universities before making their final choices of where they would like to go to, provided they meet their conditions. However, there will soon be proposed … Read More
Tagged: Admissions, Applications, Universities
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Building Bridges With Students
I am a fan of football, and when discussing this with a colleague we wondered if we could get enough staff together for a 5-a-side game after work. There were several staff interested and after mentioning the game to some … Read More
Tuition Fees: The Unanswered Questions and an Uncertain Atmosphere
Up and down the country at the moment Universities are trying to decide what fees to charge for students starting in 2012. The government expects most to charge £6,000 with only a few charging the maximum £9,000. However, with most … Read More
Tagged: economy, fees, Higher Education, pricing, recession
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How Training Courses can Assist Your Career
Last week I was sent to a UKCISA training course. This is a prospect many people would moan about. An early start, a long train/car journey, followed by several hours sat in a windowless conference room with a group of … Read More
Tagged: promotion, training, UKCISA
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New Year, New Career? Why not try working in Higher Education?
This is my first post and this blog is one of my own New Year’s Resolutions that so many of us have. This started me thinking about how many people plan on changing career at the start of the year, … Read More
Tagged: Higher Education, Job Hunting, Non-academics, university
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Idea development session for students
Last week I was asked to deliver a session to our MSc in Sports Science students on entrepreneurship and idea development. Their lecturer felt that, although bright and very knowledgeable, their subject of study was quite restricted, so they’d benefit … Read More
What NOT to say in an interview
If you have an interview coming up and you want to boost your chances of doing well, here are some things that you should avoid saying.
