An award-winning university admissions team is urging students collecting their A Level results on Thursday (18 August) to start researching courses that will be available through clearing in advance. An increase in applications from prospective students looking to avoid fee increases in 2012 means that clearing options will be especially limited this year. York St … Clearing: Do your homework before A Level results come out
Leading Yorkshire PR agency Northern Lights has called on the communications industry in the North of England to work with them to address the lack of diversity in the communications profession. Northern Lights ran the second year of its paid PR internship for BAME graduates this July 2011. The Harrogate consultancy’s intense three week training … Northern Lights PR pioneers diversity internship in North – and calls on others for support
Are you desperately trying to drive your customers to your Facebook page to ‘like’ it, take part in competitions, comment on your products and services and tell their friends about you? After all, they are on Facebook anyway so you might as well go to them, right? But whilst you’re driving all that traffic to … Driving traffic to your Facebook page: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
A newly published Ofsted report has rated York St John University ‘outstanding’ for its secondary teacher education and ‘good’ for its primary programmes. York St John, which has been training teachers for 170 years, received particular praise for its recruitment and selection process and for its leadership. The report states: “The selection procedures are rigorous … York St John’s ‘outstanding’ teacher education highlighted in Ofsted report
by Kulbir Sandhu, Intern at Northern Lights PR The first generation of Asian entrepreneurs were a unique bunch. By and large, they were successful, worked incredibly hard and achieved the aims they had set out to achieve – namely to be self-sufficient and provide financial security for their families. Many went on to achieve great … 5 reasons why Asian businesses have historically not ‘done PR’…and how the tide is turning
Administrators for Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited (in administration) have asked Bishop International Limited to produce funds to pay August wages for players and staff and to confirm that they will complete the purchase of the club by the middle of the month. “Like many other parties both ourselves and Walker Morris have waived a … Statement from The P&A Partnership re Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited (in administration)
Successful internships are those that will have clout on CVs by genuinely adding value to the intern and the employer. We’ve just finished the second year of our internship for black and minority ethnic graduates at Northern Lights PR (based on Taylor Bennett Foundation’s flagship programme in London). It’s a three week intense training programme … How to run a successful internship
by Farrah Khan, Intern at Northern Lights PR Do you write blogs or are you really just blagging it? On the Northern Lights internship we learnt that successful blogging is about more than just telling the world what you think. 1. Why should you blog? The purpose of blogging is to give your brand/organisation a … Are you a blagger or a blogger?
by Ahmed Riaz, Intern at Northern Lights PR You know the dos and don’ts of networking. But do you know the befores and afters? Being friendly and open to people you meet is all well and good, but that doesn’t capture them. Remember, research is bait – it’s not about treating people the way YOU … A net of research catches a network
