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How To Approach a Virtual Spring Week

Benedict Watson – Student Blogger With Coronavirus restrictions likely to continue for some time, it seems inevitable that spring weeks will be operated virtually this year. This will of course be disappointing for participants because it will not be as immersive an experience as working in an office or meeting in person. However, if you …

Teach First: The Taster Experience

By Katy Skillen, MNutr Nutrition and Dietetics, second year student blogger Two full days on Zoom? Yes, it is as exhausting as it sounds. But that was exactly what I signed up for when I enrolled in Teach First’s Taster Programme. Teach First is a UK charity that aims to tackle education inequality in the …

Insight Days: An Underrated Opportunity

By Katie Watson, second year BA (Hon) History, student blogger I did not know what to expect at all when I arrived at my Insight Day at Hallam. Yet when I left I was so excited for a future job in Digital Marketing. My day at Hallam inspired me. Using my example of Hallam, here …

A Digital Wonderland

By Johanna Taylor, Management MSc student  Johanna recently spent an evening at Impression, a digital marketing agency; to find out about careers in this popular sector.  I arrived at the Impression offices with high hopes of a trendy, relaxed environment and I was not disappointed. There was a palpable sense of a balance of work and play, as …

My Spring Insight Day With Barclays

By Bety Mehide, student blogger As the title may suggest in this post I will talk about the Barclays spring week that I participated in at the end of March. The programme was in the bank’s technology division and even though I study economics, I don’t have a lot of technical knowledge. But let’s start …

My ‘Women of Tomorrow’ Spring Insight Day Experience

By Bety Mehide, student blogger In the last few days of March, I attended Citi’s spring first-year insight programme to encourage women to build their careers in the financial industry. The programme lasted for three days and covered several aspects of the bank’s work. The photo is the view from Citi’s offices across London. Making …

First-Year Internships – What, Who and Why?

By Joe Ward, Website Officer First-year internships, also commonly known as ‘insight days’ can be a great opportunity for you to find out more about the world of work and start to think about your career after university. Typically, these days are offered to first-year university students who are beginning to think about their career prospects, …