Graduate Focus – Entrepreneurship still vital to help established businesses grow
Entrepreneurship still vital to help established businesses grow Entrepreneurship isn’t just for new businesses – it is essential to help established companies stay ahead of the competition. That’s according to a global business expert who will speak at Queen’s University on Monday. Ms Hanadi Jabado, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cambridge,...
Graduate Focus – Top Employer List
Microsoft has topped a poll as the best employer as far as UK graduate employees are concerned. The survey, carried out by thejobcrowd, asked over 3,000 graduates employees to score their company on a range of factors including career opportunities, responsibility and training. Many of the top blue chip organisations came out in top places...
Graduate Focus – Health Innovation
A major event bringing together students, clinicians, software developers, and entrepreneurs will take place in the City Hall this December aimed at producing high quality software to improve health. Health Hack NI is based on a series of successful NHS Hack Days which have been hosted in other UK cities such as London, Manchester,...
What’s it like to study… Fashion
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO STUDY…FASHION Pandora Howard-Griffin studied BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development at the London College of Fashion and graduated with a 2.1. Coco Chanel once said that ‘Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live,...
Week-Long Event To Prove That Maths Can Add Up To Brighter Future For Our Kids
Maths Week Ireland comes to Northern Ireland later this month with the challenge of making maths and its related careers fun. The event, from October 13 to 21, will give thousands of primary and secondary school pupils a chance to enjoy maths games, teasers, challenges and magic shows. Event partners include the University of Ulster,...
Graduate Focus – Queen’s a leading light for women
QUEEN’S AND UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Queen’s Queen’s University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been recognised for its work in recruiting, retaining and promoting women in science careers within higher education. The school has been awarded a national Silver Athena Swan Award which recognises that, in addition to university wide policies, it has a significant...
Whats it like to study… Zoology
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO STUDY… BECKY CLIFFE graduated from the University of Manchester with a first class honours degree in Zoology and is now working on her PhD with sloths. “So you want to be a zookeeper?†This is the general response I get after telling people I study zoology. In reality, when I...
What’s It Like To Study… Fine Art
SAOIRSE CREAN studied Fine Art at Lancaster University, and now works in art marketing. She writes about her reason for choosing this course and challenges she faced. In the first week of lower sixth, my art class went on a field trip to the Lake District. A whole week of painting and drawing, undisturbed and...
Manleys embraces student talent
Manleys, a leading Branding and Marketing Communications Company based in Belfast, is growing its team. The recent appointment of 4 young students and a further 4 senior posts in the pipeline demonstrates its commitment to investing in talent. Manleys has strong links with Graduate Management Programmes in past years and continues to forge a firm...
Graduate Focus – QUB students show waste not, want not
QUEEN’S Belfast under-graduates will be leading the way when it comes to this year’s European Week for Waste Reduction in November. They have set the pace with award-winning initiatives at Queen’s University’s halls of resident, The Elms which have significantly reduced the normal levels of waste produced by the 1,800 strong student residents. Commenting...