Friday, 18 January 2013

Accountancy & Finance Careers

22nd February (half-term) event in City of London. Meet employers and qualification experts. Free except £5 charge for lunch (nice lunch!).

More details and place booking contact: sarah.bullingham@inspiringfutures.org.uk


Politics Summer School

A commercial company, Debate Chamber, are running a 5 day Politics Summer School which will include seminars, a mock Parliament, a focus on a couple of rapidly changing areas of British political processes and a tour of the Houses of Parliament. All tutors are graduates of Politics.

There is a sizeable charge of £390, so do research this opportunity thoroughly before committing. More details from:

www.debatechamber.com

STEM Talk

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Beaumont has arranged for a talk on careers in these areas on Thursday 14th February immediately after school at 3.30.

It is open to all students in Years 10 - 13, and should be an excellent, easily accessible opportunity to access valuable information.

Year 12 Law Conference

Held at Herts Uni 2nd July 2013. Includes mock trial and a lecture on law and social media. Could be useful for all interested in studying Law. It is free and application details will be sent through to @Beaumontsixthform in due course. Just a date for the diary for now.

Maths at Cambridge University

Saturday 9th Feb taster event for those interested in taking a maths related subject there.

Application Criteria:

Year 12 at state school; A* at GCSE Maths; on target to get an A at AS Maths; interested in Maths, Economics, Physics or Computer Science degree. Applications open now via:
 www. purepotential/events/pp-mathematicans (there is also a direct link to Pure Potential events site on your left.

Monday, 14 January 2013

Another Supported Degree Programme

Have just added another of these accountancy funded degree programmes, this one from PWC. It is based in either Reading or Newcastle Universities. More details on:

http://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/schools/flying-start-degrees/flying-start.jhtml

Banking Work Experience

Available for one week in summer holidays with HSBS, so could be attractive for Year 12 considering this area for a career:

www.jobs.hsbc.co.uk/apprentices/work-experience-programme.aspx