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Class of 2013: Leaving UCL - now what?

Firms reveal sought-after competencies in law graduates
Law firms rate ‘global mindset', ‘commercial awareness' and ‘intellectual rigour' as highly prized competencies in graduates, finds new research conducted by King's College London in partnership with The Times .

Big business could learn survival lessons from family businesses
Family businesses are less likely to fail than big business because they are usually made up of a well functioning and diverse board of directors who are able to advise effectively.

New e-voting system to flag up coercion
SAN FRANCISCO – University of Birmingham (UK) computer scientists have devised an e-voting system that can identify and monitor any votes that could have taken place under coercion, they announced at the IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy on 21 May 2013. The internet-based system, called Caveat Coercitor, is designed to flag up any votes made by voters that are coerced.

Bright Club: READING at the Bloomsbury Theatre

Sir Trevor McDonald presents talented engineers of the future with national awards

Down but not out
Most business start-ups fail. But countless failed entrepreneurs go on to establish further enterprises.

A grand job – Chris is our 1000th employee
17 Apr 2013 The University of Manchester has now helped 1000 long-term unemployed people into work, as Chris Livingston from Whalley Range took the tally into four figures.

How the wild men of the Highlands were tamed
Researchers have shed light on what tamed the violent, untamed alcohol-fuelled 'wild men' of the Scottish Highlands and heralded the dawn of a new period of ‘Highland Enlightenment'.

Autism hub launched
A major challenge for researchers working in the field of autism is the capacity to ensure that research knowledge is impacting policy and practitioner communities. While research evidence needs to make more impact on practice and government policy, at the same time, issues central to practitioners and policy makers need to receive more research attention.

Healthcare heroes wow at the Big Bang Fair
Last week children and young people from across the UK tried their hand at medical procedures including keyhole surgery, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and endoscopy at King's Health Partners' s

You’re Hired! University Apprenticeships add £5m to regional economy
The apprentices will be recruited into a range of roles across the University and will be integral in ensuring the University continues to excel nationally and internationally.

Innovative support programme improves employment prospects for people with mental health problems
An innovative support programme has helped to significantly transform the employment prospects of people in Nottinghamshire with a severe mental illness.

National Debate for Healthcare Training
Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PU PSMD) has taken a national lead on the debate around how the healthcare professionals of the future are trained.

"The future of business is social," say entrepreneurs at campus careers event

Survival of Euro is critical to UK dragging itself out of depression
James Mitchell says today's GDP figures show that the European Central Bank's promise to save the Euro is critical to the UK's hope that it can drag itself out of the longest "depression" in living memory.

Birmingham computer scientists take part in national cyber security challenge
The University of Birmingham's School of Computer Science, along with 3 other leading university computer science departments in the UK, is taking part in a unique code-breaking competition as part of this year's Cyber Security Challenge UK.

HR Excellence in Research
  Cardiff's commitment to improving the working conditions and career development for research staff has been recognised and reaffirmed.

Take part in the MSF fun run

University repeats success in equality survey
The 2013 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, the results of which were announced yesterday, ranks the University joint eleventh, the highest placed higher education institution (HEI) ahead of Liverpo

UCL launches talent bank for graduates

Jobs are the Dish of the Day for unemployed youngsters
19 Dec 2012 The University has launched its first ever ‘Skills Academy' aimed at helping unemployed youngsters in Manchester to find their feet in this growing industry.

Mind the Gap – Exploring New Dimensions of Inequality
Women's occupations are healthier, permit greater access to higher status networks, and involve working with better-educated people than men's occupations." —Robert Blackburn The

University serves up a brighter future for young caterers
17 Dec 2012 The University has launched its first ever ‘Skills Academy' aimed at helping unemployed youngsters in Manchester to find their feet in this growing industry.

Autumn telethon underway