How To Become a Journalist: Advice From People Who Have Made It
March 2, 2018
By Laura Sage, BA Hons English (2017) The work of a journalist appears both crazy and exciting from an outsider’s perspective. Constantly situating themselves in the middle of the action, they see news unfolding as and when it happens. Journalists also create the news. They approach the world in a way that draws the interesting …
Learning Styles: How to Recognise What You’re Great At
February 26, 2018
By Rebecca Luxon, Employability Officer: Science As a university student, it’s a common assumption that you spend much of your life studying in order to successfully pass rigorous and regular sets of exams. Yet, have you ever thought about how well you actually remember what that lecturer was explaining last Tuesday afternoon? Or how much …
Emerging Technologies: Interview with the CTO of Thomson Reuters
February 23, 2018
By Mirae Tejura, second-year student, studying management When many of us think of emerging, futuristic technologies, we picture driverless cars, personal robot assistants, voice-activated everything. Heavy research and development in the driverless car industry suggests this soon may be a reality. We are still in the early stages of learning, creating and exploring what we can …
What Is the Internet of Things?
February 19, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer: Jubilee Campus In a nutshell, the Internet of Things (IoT) allows everyday objects to be sensed or controlled remotely through the internet in order to automate a process. It could be anything a lightbulb in your home, which is being controlled by your mobile phone; or a smart city, where …
The Future of Work: Cyber Security
February 12, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer, Jubilee Campus Cyber security is how we protect computers, hardware, and software. This could be through technology, processes or measures that we take to protect ourselves from cyber crimes. As more things become reliant on technology, and our homes and businesses contain more internet-controlled devices, it is more important than ever …
What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, How Will It Affect My Career?
February 2, 2018
By Kathryn Moss, Employability Officer, Jubilee Campus If you aren’t aware of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) yet, the likelihood is that you are going to hear more about it over the coming months and years. We are in an exciting and progressive era with advances in technology, such as robotics, artificial intelligence and the …
Become a Teacher – Why on Earth Would You Do That?
January 30, 2018
By Stephen Sharkey, Project Coordinator There is no denying that teaching is complex, challenging and, at times, can occupy a huge amount of your life. However, for six hours a day, you have the unique opportunity to spend time with young people who could make a difference to your life, as you do to theirs. …
ParliaMentors: Making a Difference in the Community
January 26, 2018
By Joshua Holt, BA Hons International Relations (2017) Parliament can often seem like a distant concept. You decide who you want to sit there on your behalf, but often that’s where your engagement ends. It’s not uncommon to start feeling pretty detached from the whole process. Among our generation, it’s even worse. Do you often hear people say they feel disconnected with Britain’s …
Why Learning To Code Will Make You Future-Proof
January 8, 2018
By Indiana West, Digital Content Producer and English and Professional Writing Graduate Not many things have the ability to split the nation in two. Marmite, Brexit, milking your tea before or after the water… Now, it seems that there’s one more we can add to that list: computer coding. There are those who can and those who …
Why Failing an Assessment Centre Revealed I Was Pursuing the Wrong Career
December 20, 2017
by Abigail Bennetts, third-year, psychology My “I-need-an-internship” panic began back in the first term of second year. I had come to the conclusion that I didn’t want to pursue the traditional route into clinical, educational or forensic psychology after finishing my psychology degree, but a career in business sounded appealing. After a brief look into …
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