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Recruitment Special

Getting under your Skins »

In a small central London room a fiery debate has just erupted. “I just think it’s not that simple”, says Lucy Kirkwood, 24, “female friendships are more complicated than that”. The rest of the group she is sat within sits...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Miles Johnson | Read more »

Networking your way through the recruitment minefield »

Looking for a job as a recent graduate – a task that a university education does not necessarily prepare you for – can be fairly daunting. Having recently been through the process of deciding where I wanted to work, applying and intervie...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Phaedon Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Ascending the Ivory Tower »

Coming from a family of academics, one of the earliest promises I made myself was never to follow in the dreary footsteps of my parents. Locked up in a darkened room for most of the day and wheeled out only for the occasional conference or lecture, mos...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Sam Friedman | Read more »

Consider teaching first »

Are you looking for a challenge? Do you want to give something back? Do you want a job with direct responsibility from day one? Do you enjoy your subject? Do you want to develop business skills? If you have said yes to any of these it is worth c...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Katie Mort | Read more »

Students in a smarter Scotland »

Albert Einstein once said we should never regard study as a duty, but as an enviable opportunity. It’s a statement that is undoubtedly true, and to university students battling to cram in lectures, tutorials, essays and other study, it must be ...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Fiona Hyslop MSP | Read more »

How hairy armpits can get you a job at The Guardian »

I am pretty sure I have my armpit hair to thank for my journalism career. If I hadn’t decided to let it all hang out during my second year at Edinburgh – and write about it in a double page spread in Student, complete with photos – ...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Helen Pidd | Read more »