Meet Reza and the City Careers and Employability department

Diana is an LLM (Masters of Law) student specialising in competition law. She likes to paint and listen to true horror story podcasts. I recently spoke to Reza Majid who is a careers consultant at City University, to learn a bit more about the role and what the careers department offers to students and alumni.    If […]

Tips to make the most of your university’s careers support

Anisa is a postgraduate student studying the Legal Practice Course, exploring her career options as a Law graduate. Anisa was also an undergraduate student at City. It can be daunting when it comes to applying for new jobs or thinking about what you want to do after university. This was how I felt especially as […]

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Empowering Underrepresented Learners to Access and Succeed in Higher Education When the world locked down and the WP Outreach team were suddenly unable to visit schools or bring learners on campus, we had to think hard about how to continue to make information, advice and learning about higher education available to our target schools and […]

Resource Round Up: A Level Results Day/Clearing

What to do when results do not go to plan These last few months have been challenging for all you students in Year 13, and with results day looming this week, many of you will be going through the Clearing process if you haven’t achieved the A Level grades required for your firm and insurance […]

Computer Science – Boost Your Personal Statement

Considering studying Computer Science or a related degree at university but not sure how to boost your personal statement?  Read on!  If you’re currently studying Computer Science as an A Level or Computing/IT BTEC, evidencing your interest in the subject through your current studies is a good place to start but what do you do […]

Mathematics – Boost Your Personal Statement

So you’re considering studying Maths at university but you’re still not sure about what to include in your personal statement.  Conveying your interest in Maths can be challenging without specific examples to back it up and, understandably, as a Year 12 student in this current situation, extra-curricular activities have been hard to come by.  So […]

Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics – Boost Your Personal Statement

Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics are all popular courses offered at university.  If you’re considering studying any of these subjects and looking to gain some further experience to enhance your personal statement, then look no further!  Here are some ideas to help get you started.                                Virtual Work Experience Work experience is limited at present but […]

Law – Boost Your Personal Statement

Law is both an interesting and popular subject offered at university.  Now you’re at the end of Year 12, it’s time to consider what to include in your personal statement to make you stand out to universities.  Here are a few options you can consider to help boost it.   Virtual Work Experience   Three Law […]