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Academia and education have always operated distinctly from business, government bodies and industry. As far as all parties were concerned, each had their own objectives and modus operandi that precluded the need to collaborate (except when...

As we iterate in our blog about league table rankings, attracting the right talent to your university is an important part of ensuring your institution ranks as highly as possible. Attracting the right talent means higher completion rates,...

This is the first in a series of blogs offering tips on how to ensure that your students develop the employment skills they need to thrive after university. Employment skills, or employability, are the set of attributes necessary to attract and...

Few would deny the importance of networking, whether it’s for students establishing the beginnings of a professional network, seasoned professionals enhancing theirs, or institutions seeking to expand their teaching and research scope. The...

Applying for jobs is a full-time job. It involves trawling job websites on a daily basis to spot hot opportunities as soon as they’re posted, as well as hours spent researching job roles, industries and organisations, and networking with...

How different do you think applying for jobs is today compared to when your parents were sending off CVs in the hope of securing their first post-uni jobs? Surely not that much has changed in the last few decades when it comes to job applications?...

What do you think it takes to land yourself a killer job after uni? A degree from a good university? Relevant work experience? Evidence that you’ve participated in plenty of extra curricular activities? All these factors might be necessary and...

Job interviews can be some of the most nerve-wracking experiences we have to go through in our careers. Whether it’s an interview for a Saturday job at the local cafe or the second round of interviews for your first graduate job, if you’re going to...

Curriculo’s Industry Engagement Programme (IEP) is a career planning programme that has been sculpted around what employers are looking for in graduates today. Far too many young people leave education without being prepared for—or armed with...

You’ve probably realised by now that finding a decent graduate job is not always an easy task. Graduates are competing not only with local job applicants, but those from abroad too, and sometimes have to opt for jobs that don’t even require a...