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Graduate entrepreneur: Sarah Gillings, founder of U CAN Spray

This article is one of a series of interviews with graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service. Name: Sarah Gillings AKA S.o.S Subject studied: Inclusive Arts Practice MA Year of graduation: 2015 Business name: U CAN Spray CIO Website: www.ucanspray.org Describe your business U CAN Spray CIO is the UK’s first dedicated spray-painting…

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Your Careers Service online – changing up a storm for 17/18

Yes indeedy, it’s taken some doing (and then some more doing) but the new Careers site is out there for your perusal and (hopefully) pleasure. Based on feedback from your good selves we’ve restructured and rearranged to make all the cool stuff available with a swipe and a tap – like this… Deciding what career…

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Graduate opportunities with BlackRock – where diversity matters

  BlackRock is a global investment firm, trusted to manage assets on behalf of companies, governments, foundations, and millions of individuals saving for retirement, and a better life. It was founded in 1988 by 8 entrepreneurs and it now has 13,000 employees managing 5.7 trillion dollars in assets. I was invited as a member of…

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An Industrial Placement Year with the Graduate Recruitment Bureau: A Case Study

  Have you considered doing an industrial placement/sandwich year? It could be your route to gaining highly valuable industry experience before finishing your degree. Below is an account of one student’s experience. Tapiwa Chipato has just graduated with a 2:1 in Law with Business LLB from University of Brighton. In 2015, before returning to her final…

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Graduate entrepreneur: Tink Taylor, founder of dotmailer

This article is one of a series of interviews with graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service.

Graduate entrepreneur: Simon Hempenstall, co-founder of Why Bother Cleaning

This article is one of a series of interviews with graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service.

What are THEY saying about YOU? Another round up of choice graduate labour market gossip

Here we are at the mid-point between two academic years and still the chattering classes chatter (classily? You decide)… Female graduates undervalue their worth as they enter the job market according to data from the LEO study (shared by the good folks at Ri5)…and the labour market seems more than happy to exploit this misapprehension….

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Graduate entrepreneur: Beki Gowing, founder of Print & Press, London

This article is one of a series of interviews with University of Brighton graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service. Name: Beki Gowing Subject studied: Textile Design with Business Studies Year of graduation: 2013 Business name: Print & Press, London Website: www.printandpresslondon.co.uk Describe your business Print & Press, London is a digital fabric…

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How can I use my summer holidays to help me with my graduate job hunt?

  How can I use my summer holidays to help me with my graduate job hunt?   So school’s out and whilst not doing very much for a while might be just what the doctor ordered after all the end of term festivities, with almost ten weeks still ahead of you, you might soon be…

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What is it like working and studying in Germany? (Part 3) – Last words

My name is Denise Krämer and I’m working for the Student Services of the University of Brighton for four weeks. In a series of three posts I wanted to show you what it is like working and studying in Germany compared to England. This is the last post to this topic. I really hope you…

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Graduate entrepreneur: Jeffrey Cronkshaw, founder of LanciaConsult

This article is one of a series of interviews with University of Brighton graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service. Name:  Jeffrey Cronkshaw Subject studied:  BA(Hons) Computing & Information Systems Year of graduation: 1998 Business name:  LanciaConsult Website:  www.lanciaconsult.com Describe your business in a few sentences In a nutshell, we are a senior…

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Graduate entrepreneur: Nicky Edwards, founder of A Step At A Time

This article is one of a series of interviews with University of Brighton graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service. Name: Nicola Edwards Subject studied: Ba (hons) Professional Studies of Learning & Development, EYPS Year of graduation: 2009 Business name: A Step at a Time & The Adventures of Brian Website: www.astepatatime.org.uk –…

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Graduate entrepreneur: Lesley Clarke, founder of Lesley Clarke Synthetic Phonics

This article is one of a series of interviews with University of Brighton graduate entrepreneurs. beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support service. Name: Lesley Clarke Subject studied: BEd (Hons) Year of graduation: 1991 Business name: Lesley Clarke Website: www.lesleyclarkesyntheticphonics.co.uk Describe your business in a few sentences? I am a literacy consultant, specialising in the teaching…

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What is it like working and studying in Germany? (Part 2) – How to survive German ‘Pünktlichkeit’

My name is Denise Krämer and I’m working for the Student Services of the University of Brighton for four weeks. As you may read my last post, introducing myself and my studies, I come to the topic I actually wanted to talk about: Working in Germany. And this post seems to get a bit longer…

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What is it like working and studying in Germany? (Part 1)

My name is Denise Krämer and I’m working for the Student Services of the University of Brighton for four weeks. I’ve been asked to post a few articles about what it is like working in Germany, so I thought about what would be the best to start with. As a German student, spending an Internship…

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More tips from Vasilis on how to make the most of an internship ( part 3 )

MSc Business Management graduate Vasilis Gkogkidis did an internship with Gamification+, which lead to full time graduate employment. Here he is sharing his experience of how to make the most of an internship.   Learn as much as possible You may decide to do an internship related to your field of studies or take a…

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Careers Service website has moved house. Check out our flashy new digs…

“walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes…” …okay, maybe that’s a overdoing it a little, but anyone currently clearing out a year or more of junk in preparation for a move will know how much fun that can be. Spare a thought for the poor suffering Careers Service (mostly me *preen preen*) who…

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Getting the best deal on salary

  You have applied for a job, endured the  interview and then you hear the phrase ‘Congratulations you’ve got the job ‘…  Excellent if you feel its the right job for you… So far so good.   If it was an advertised vacancy the salary details will be published and should now be adhered to and  relatively easy to agree. But what…

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How to use a Business Model Canvas

The Business Model Canvas is a popular modern planning tool for start-ups. It’s just a single sheet divided into nine key subject areas. For many, it’s a simple and quick alternative to the traditional business plan template. Got a business idea? Use the Canvas to analyse it. It can bring clarity and confidence. It will…

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What Vasilis learnt from his internship ( part 2 ) ….

MSc Business Management graduate Vasilis Gkogkidis did an internship with Gamification+, which lead to full time graduate employment. Here he is sharing his experience of how to make the most of an internship.   Find something that you are interested in! I think that most people know what they want to do more or less….

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