Want to receive further qualifications without university debts?
30th July 2010, 15:09

Why not get qualified in business or accountancy for FREE with Kaplan! If you're awaiting your GCSE or A-Level results later this month we'd like to let you know that you don't have to go to university to be successful. There are many career paths open to you, some of which you might not be aware of. Did you know that through an apprenticeship you can gain access to FREE training qualifications. This means that you can gain a recognised qualification and earn a living at the...

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Lord Digby Jones Calls For a University Rethink
27th July 2010, 11:16

Notgoingtouni.co.uk are backing Lord Digby Jones in his call for a rethink to university focus. Lord Jones, the ex-Director General of the CBI, believes that people need to get out of the mindset that you can only succeed by going to university which is our core message at notgoingtouni. With undergraduate applications to start university this September up by 12%, UCAS predicting 200,000 young people will be unable to attend university and an average of 70 graduates applying...

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Kaya Responsible Travel
23rd July 2010, 09:10

Combine global travel with work experience to make a real difference to individuals, communities and environments in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Kaya is a responsible travel organisation with a focus on genuine and meaningful volunteer projects worldwide. Working with existing community projects who have a genuine need for the physical aid of a volunteers, every participant is welcomed and is useful. With positions for skilled and unskilled workers, there are projects...

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THE CO-OPERATIVE CREATE APPRENTICESHIP ACADEMY..
19th July 2010, 09:12

..AS PART OF £21M CAMPAIGN TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE The Co-operative Group today (19 July) launched a £21m campaign to inspire young people including an ambitious new Apprenticeship Academy that will eventually offer all young staff transferrable skills, competences and qualifications - not just a job. The new Co-operative Apprenticeship Academy is a key element of The Co-operative's multi-faceted campaign, created to help reverse the negative image and...

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Cocktail Bartending
15th July 2010, 08:36

Shaker BarSchool Promo has interviews from some of the Shaker students and some of the most influential people in the bar world. Est. in 2001, the Shaker BarSchools® are the UK's leading bartending schools dedicated to providing bartending, cocktail and hospitality related training courses. The Shaker bartending schools are managed by a team of expert trainers with over 50 years industry experience. We are proud and grateful of the many thousands of bartenders that have passed...

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Matthew Williams
13th July 2010, 12:05

For most 14 year olds, the summer between ending Year 10 and starting Year 11 is a final taste of freedom before the adult world beckons. It's a time for parties, barbeques, and whiling away the long evenings at the beach, as one year later summer jobs and results related nerves will be at the forefront of their minds. Matthew Williams was different. While his friends were at barbeques or lounging in the sun, he was doing work experience shadowing a friend of the family who...

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Research & Development Apprenticeship Programme
7th July 2010, 12:37

With brand names including Lynx, Dove, Pepperami, Ben & Jerry's and PG Tips, there's a good chance you eat, drink or apply a Unilever product most days of the week. And you wouldn't be alone. 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a product that was made by us. It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, then, to learn that we're one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies. A company that likes to raise the bar at everything we do. The skills...

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Train for your future in media
5th July 2010, 08:36

Do you have what it takes to succeed in Film & TV, Sound Engineering, Computer Games or 3D Animation? Futureworks has a wide range of courses in all these areas, offering a real alternative to those not wanting to go to a traditional university. Employers told us that they wanted graduates that can use the gear and get to work right away as part of a team. We offer our students enough practical hands-on time with industry standard equipment to make this a reality. That could...

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