Category Archives: Graduates

Mock Assessment Centre (Day 1), Bradford University School of Management 2016

Posted on November 21, 2016 by kindadukish

A further pilgrimage to the School of Management at Bradford University today (in the ubiquitous “re” building) for the mock assessment centre for the students participating in the career management module which is part of their degree programme. The students … Continue reading →

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Gender equality……read this and weep!

Posted on June 8, 2016 by kindadukish

Straight, able-bodied white men who represent college and university lecturers from minorities have been banned from sessions at an equality conference because they do not have a “protected characteristic”. The University and College Union decided at its congress last week … Continue reading →

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The Royal Navy…….vision of the future

Posted on March 28, 2016 by kindadukish

  The Royal Navy is proud to announce its new fleet of Type 45 destroyers. Having initially named the first two ships HMS Daring and HMS Dauntless, the Naming Committee has, after intensive pressure from Brussels, renamed them HMS Cautious … Continue reading →

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David Hockney funds Lithuanian Artist Egle Jauncems (graduate of Vilnius University)

Posted on November 15, 2015 by kindadukish

DAVID HOCKNEY is to pay the tuition fees and living costs of a Lithuanian artist at the Royal College of Art (RCA), where he was a student. Egle Jauncems, 31, has become the first recipient of Hockney’s scholarship, worth about … Continue reading →

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University education never used to be like this……………………

Posted on October 20, 2015 by kindadukish

Just imagine, you have spent three years at university studying like mad to get the kind of degree that will transport you into that job that you so covet. Three years of “hard graft” (as we say here in the … Continue reading →

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Bradford University Open Day (2015)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by kindadukish

Last Saturday I visited Bradford University as they were holding the first of their open days for prospective students. It is fair to say that Bradford as a city does not have a glorious reputation as a scenic place and … Continue reading →

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Cambridge University reinstates “entrance examination”

Posted on September 21, 2015 by kindadukish

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY is planning to introduce a universal entrance exam for the first time in a generation because the glut of top-grade A-levels is making it hard to identify the brightest. The ancient institution is considering reinstituting a university-wide test that … Continue reading →

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Universities criticised over poor quality teaching

Posted on September 10, 2015 by kindadukish

Too many universities in England have allowed teaching to become “a poor cousin” to research, Universities Minister Jo Johnson has warned. Addressing university chiefs, Mr Johnson said while there were academics who “go the extra mile”, too many had adopted a … Continue reading →

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One third of graduates doing non-graduate jobs after graduation

Posted on June 26, 2015 by kindadukish

One in three new graduates are doing jobs that do not require degrees such as working in call centres, waiting on tables and stacking shelves, statistics show. Thirty-two per cent – over 60,000 – were in ‘non-professional jobs’ in areas … Continue reading →

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