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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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.

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How can a temp job boost your career prospects?

A temp job is definitely not ideal. It’s not something you want to be into for your whole life, it doesn’t offer job security and it probably pays less too. This is as true in the higher education sector as … Read More »

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Partnering with other institutions

One of the projects I’m currently working on is a funding application to one of the UK’s main funding bodies for an ambitious research project. For this project, we have partnered with another institution in the Greater London area and … Read More »

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