SRA will Scrap Trainee Minimum Wage

2012-05-22 04:59 PMCurrent Affairs

After a lengthy consultation, the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced yesterday that it has decided to scrap the trainee minimum wage. It’s a contentious issue that has split the legal world over the last several months. The question on everyone’s lips is: has the SRA made the right decision?

Apprentices Give Apprenticeships a Big Fat Thumbs Up

2012-05-16 01:21 PMCurrent Affairs

Apprentices are a happy lot. Modern apprenticeships have been on the rise for some time and the latest report from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills suggests that employers and apprentices on the whole are pretty chuffed with apprenticeships...

Russell Group Opens its Arms to Four New Members

2012-03-14 11:00 AMCurrent Affairs

Like the Artful Dodger welcoming Oliver into Fagin’s gang of street urchins, the Russell Group is opening its arms and welcoming four new institutions into its illustrious family of research-intensive universities. Yep, that’s right! The...

Private University Offers Students Chance to Dodge Tuition Fee Bullet

2012-02-17 09:49 AMCurrent Affairs

BPP University College has announced that it is offering undergraduate university places to students who wish to study accountancy, business or law without the inflated price tag of £9,000. In fact, the tuition fees will be set at £3,225...

75% of Investment Banking Graduate Vacancies are Filled by Former Interns

2012-01-26 01:35 PMCurrent Affairs

The latest High Fliers report, which surveys the top graduate employers in the UK, has revealed that three quarters of the graduate vacancies at investment banks are filled by those who have already completed an internship or some form of work experience...