So, what actually is an apprenticeship?

  An apprenticeship is one of the oldest and most widely spread forms of learning. Every culture and civilisation has a rich tradition of young people, leaving childhood formally to work side by side with an older, wiser, skilled person to learn a trade. Often this arrangement was a “live in” situation, where young men [...]

2017-02-17T19:05:21+00:00February 17th, 2017|

Apprenticeships verses Graduate, who commands the greater earning power?

    “I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay. Ain't it sad. And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me. That's too bad. In my dreams I have a plan…” ABBA. So what is your plan to earn post school or [...]

2017-02-17T18:55:47+00:00February 17th, 2017|

Parents, should your child enter an apprenticeship or university?

  Advising a teenager is never easy, even more so when the teenager is your son or daughter. As a parent, I ask myself, am I telling them the right things, am I advising them to do the things I would have done or what is best for them? Is their world so different from [...]

2017-02-17T18:51:07+00:00February 17th, 2017|

The mysteries of psychometric assessment revealed

  After all of the hard work and rigor of getting your degree, Masters or PhD, there is a special kind of irony in facing even more testing in order to get a job. Increasingly employers are deploying psychometric testing as an integral part of their hiring process; graduates and post-graduates are reasonably concerned. So [...]

2017-02-17T18:48:41+00:00February 17th, 2017|

Are Russell Group Universities worth it?

  Their opening argument is very impressive. In short, we the 24 elite research-intensive, world-class universities are all unique institutions that share three distinguishing characteristics; a commitment to maintaining the very best research an outstanding teaching and learning experience unrivalled links with business and the public sector It is difficult to argue against the overall [...]

2017-02-17T19:33:22+00:00February 17th, 2017|

What is more important? The course or the location

  On the face of things the question of choosing a course above the university might appear to be another chicken and egg dilemma; which came first or which is more important. Whilst I would love to announce that I have the definitive answer to the proverbial chicken and egg conundrum, alas I am not [...]

2017-02-17T19:33:48+00:00February 17th, 2017|

Oxbridge, is it worth applying?

  The education at Oxford, Cambridge and other elite universities in the UK is by in large both inspiring and of the highest quality. It’s personal, rigorous and honest. The pursuit of excellence through rigorous thought is something Oxbridge can directly cultivate for those lucky enough to enrol (matriculate) or indirectly encourage for those brave [...]

2017-02-17T19:32:58+00:00February 17th, 2017|
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