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What is it about education costs ...

suky wrote 5 months ago: … that makes no sense at all? These guys will agree with us! How can you get a degree without … more →

Tags: Not going to uni, university unemployment, apprenticeships are the future, apprenticeship, Apprentice, University, Education, Government, Vocational Education

Desperation appears to be setting in throughout UK universities, it seems.

suky wrote 5 months ago: Traditionally the undergraduate year starts in October, but because of the drop in the number of stu … more →

Tags: apprenticeships are the future, Apprentice, Unemployment, Work Experience, apprentices, Vocational, University, Education, Vocational Education

An excellent career opportunity - as an assassin?

suky wrote 6 months ago: Further to a previous post concerning government spy centre GCHQ Cheltenham, where young people rece … more →

Tags: Not going to uni, Unemployment, Work Experience, Vocational, Work, improving job prospects, Government, Vocational Education, careers

Praise for apprenticeship programmes – From someone who really knows

suky wrote 6 months ago: The Higher Apprentice of the Year says uni isn’t everything – and she’s right. Bet … more →

Tags: Apprenticeships in UK, apprentice job, Not going to uni, what is apprenticeship, apprenticeships engineering, apprenticeship, Apprentice, Work Experience, apprentices

MOOCs: distance learning at its finest

suky wrote 6 months ago: Distance learning is the future! The internet is your campus! (You’ll still have to study in y … more →

Tags: Not going to uni, improving job prospects, University, Education, distance learning, Open University, Online Learning, Online Degrees, moocs

Career advice – Advisors need to be advised

suky wrote 6 months ago: When it comes to career advice, we definitely have a problem on our hands. Now Connexions has bitten … more →

Tags: apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, what is apprenticeship, Graduate unemployment, apprenticeships are the future, apprenticeship, Apprentice

Apprenticeships – they’re a lot about language

suky wrote 6 months ago: Not that long ago, a popular office game went by many names, some of which were printable, like … more →

Tags: apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, what is apprenticeship, apprenticeships are the future, apprenticeship, Apprentice

Is it about education - or is it about quotas?

suky wrote 6 months ago: Here’s an interesting news snippet from Canada, usually a nice, quiet laid-back country (and t … more →

Tags: apprentice job, Not going to uni, apprenticeships in the uk, Apprentice, Internships, Work Experience, apprentices, Vocational, improving job prospects

Go independent - get an apprenticeship

suky wrote 6 months ago: There comes a time in the life of far too many businesses and organisations when the emphasis switch … more →

Tags: Apprenticeships in UK, apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, learning on the job, university unemployment, apprenticeships engineering, apprenticeships in electrical

At long last - Real-life Math Education ... and Training

suky wrote 6 months ago: Those who remember the days before pocket calculators will probably also remember the sheer uselessn … more →

Tags: Apprenticeships in UK, apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, learning on the job, what is apprenticeship, apprenticeships engineering

Concerns about Education at Postgraduate Level

suky wrote 6 months ago: There’s bad news for businesses and the government about education here in the UK: fewer than … more →

Tags: apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, learning on the job, university unemployment, Graduate unemployment, apprenticeships are the future, apprenticeship

Oxford students learning how to be a chef

suky wrote 6 months ago: Oh, dear  – things aren’t looking too bright for those bright sparks at Oxford – at leas … more →

Tags: Apprenticeships in UK, apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, apprenticeships in the uk, apprenticeships are the future, Apprentice

Distance learning - with a difference!2 comments

suky wrote 6 months ago: Cambridge University students will be doing a spot of learning at a bit of a distance towards the en … more →

Tags: Not going to uni, learning on the job, Graduate unemployment, reducing youth employment, Work Experience, Apprenticeships, improving job prospects, University, Education

Virgin Holidays MD calls on other travel companies to offer apprenticeships

suky wrote 7 months ago: The first of Virgin Holidays’ cohort of one hundred apprentices have just completed their thre … more →

Tags: apprenticeship job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeships are the future, apprenticeship, Apprentice, Work Experience, Apprenticeships, apprentices, apprenticeships in london

Oops! Government gets it wrong about education costs

suky wrote 7 months ago: It was bound to happen, wasn’t it? The government, it appears, is very much mistaken about edu … more →

Tags: apprentice job, Not going to uni, what is apprenticeship, Graduate unemployment, reducing youth employment, Apprentice, Internships, improving job prospects, University

Careers advice - Time to make it law?

suky wrote 7 months ago: Burnley LibDem MP Gordon Birtwhistle is proposing a bill to make schools – as well as local bu … more →

Tags: Apprenticeships in UK, apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, apprenticeships in engineering, apprenticeships engineering, apprenticeships are the future

Now that's what we call a gap year!

suky wrote 7 months ago: OK, so most people of a certain age think of a gap year as the perfect opportunity to let off a cert … more →

Tags: apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, apprenticeship, Apprentice, internships during university, apprentices, improving job prospects

Computer game courses at uni - education and training at its finest

suky wrote 7 months ago: Gamers of the world unite – we’ve got just the university courses for you.  Well, as lon … more →

Tags: apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, apprenticeships in the uk, university unemployment, apprenticeships engineering, apprenticeships are the future, university courses cuts

How do you get an apprenticeship? It's got a lot to do with image!

akinsc wrote 7 months ago: How do you get an apprenticeship?  With the right image, of course – and no, we’re not t … more →

Tags: Apprenticeships in UK, apprenticeship job, apprentice job, apprenticeship advice, apprenticeship help, Not going to uni, apprenticeships in engineering, apprenticeships engineering, apprenticeships are the future


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