CIMA Global Business Challenge

The CIMA global business challenge is an international business competition designed to bring out the best in the young business leaders of tomorrow. This is a great opportunity for students around the world to showcase their talent in business management.

Based on a test of professional competence in management accounting (CIMA exam T4 part B) case study, participants must prepare and present relevant, well considered recommendations and solutions to a fictitious business scenario. Their skills and knowledge in all areas of business management will be put to the test.

Due to popular demand we have extended the registration deadline to 23 March, as a consequence we have also extended the report submission deadline to 16 April.

GBC participants from previous years strongly recommend taking part in the competition. With the current state of the job market it's vital that you have something to stand you apart from your peers and the Global Business Challenge is one way this can be achieved. Every team who submits a report will also receive an individual certificate of recognition.

Find out more about how the challenge works in the about GBC section.

Is it for me?

If you are a full time undergraduate doing your first degree, this is your chance to test your business skills and showcase your talent (see eligibility rules). Do you have what it takes to be a global champion? 

GBC 2011 global final e-bulletin - download your copy today (PDF 1 MB).

Education matters to society. It is linked to happiness, mental and physical health, life expectancy, crime rates and the economy.

If you had the opportunity to make a difference to education, what would you change?

Enter Teach First’s national competition to have your say about What You Would Change about education in the UK.

Entries can be made by submitting either:

•                 A written entry no more than 500 words in length

Or…

•                 A visual representation of your idea in video format no more than 4 minutes long.

The competition opens on closes on 5 March. Visit our website to find out more www.teachfirst.org.uk/whatwouldyouchange

Join the discussion on Twitter: #tfwwyc

www.teachfirst.org.uk/whatwouldyouchange

Find out more TODAY!  (Friday 17^th Feb) at 3 pm, Careers & Employability Centre, Library – please sign up at www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/events

The Chatteris Foundation have a great scheme to allow graduates to spend 9 months working with Chinese students in Hong Kong.  No experience necessary, just an outgoing, creative, fun and organised personality and you get full support and even a generous salary!  Fantastic experience, especially if you’re considering a career in education, TEFL or working for an NGO. 

Find out more at this session.  All degree disciplines welcome!

Web address: www.chatteris.org.hk/home/

EVENT: Thursday 1 March, 10 am, Careers & Employability Centre, Library.  Please sign up at www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/events

Why?... read on….

Have you ever considered teaching as a career? If you have then we have some exciting news!

The government is keen to recruit high quality graduates into science teaching, in particular chemistry and maths. Tax free bursaries, up to £20,000, will now be awarded related to your science subject specialism and degree classification.

Why train to teach in the sciences?
At Sussex we are committed to producing teachers who can promote the study of Science beyond compulsory school age as a positive educational move and career path for all young people.

Worried that your degree profile doesn't fit?
Sussex University runs a range of subject knowledge enhancement courses in physics and chemistry (no fees and a bursary of £200 per week may also be payable) for those with science related degrees. To train to be a physics or chemistry teacher you do not necessarily need a physics or chemistry degree. If you possess an A level in either subject, and you are competent at maths, then enhancement courses from 6 months to one month are available for the right candidate. Come along and find out if you are eligible for teacher training and/or pre-teacher training enhancement.

This event is aimed at final year and postgraduate students in all science subjects (including Psychology).

STOP PRESS:::  PGCE places still available at Sussex for 2012-13 in Science, Music, Primary and Modern Foreign Languages. Info @ http://bit.ly/wACw34

Come along to the Library Café to speak to current "Fast Streamers" about their work in the Civil Service.  Thursday 2 February, 3 – 4.30 pm

The Fast Stream is the talent management programme for graduates who have the potential to become the future leaders of the Civil Service. The Graduate Fast Stream is open to people from any academic discipline. Within it, you can choose from a range of options, according to your preferences and interests.

There are also have five separate Fast Stream schemes designed for specialists and other groups:

• The Analytical Fast Stream offers options for economists, statisticians, social researchers and operational researchers
• The HR Fast Stream is for graduates with a proven interest in all areas of the HR profession
• The Technology in Business Fast Stream is for graduates who understand and have a strong interest in technology
• The European Fast Stream is for graduates seeking a permanent career in the EU institutions in Brussels
• The Northern Ireland Fast Stream is for graduates wishing to make a career in the Northern Ireland Civil Service.

They also run an annual Summer Diversity Internship Programme.

Recruitment for all but the statistician Fast Stream has now closed, but this recruitment is annual (runs Sept - end of Nov), so please come along to find out more for their next recruitment cycle.

Full details on the Civil Service at faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/

Two months that could change a student’s life

The Civil Service Fast Stream’s Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) - for which the deadline for applications is 16 January - is a finalist for the ‘Best Diversity’ Award in the National Placement & Internship Awards 2012.

SDIP is aimed at black and minority ethnic students and those from lower socio-economic groups, and is the only centrally coordinated opportunity of its kind in the Civil Service.  Applicants should  be in their penultimate or final year of university. (This can include postgraduate studies immediately following first degree.)

SDIP participants spend about two months in one of the major government departments, where they enjoy a unique insight into the work of the Service.  The experience they gain in this way is invaluable for those considering an application to the Fast Stream, the Civil Service graduate talent management programme.  

A particularly attractive feature of SDIP is the opportunity for its participants to compete for a place on an intensive coaching programme, designed specifically to enhance their chances of success in the Fast Stream selection process.

Applications are made from the Fast Stream website - http://faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/Summer-Diversity-Internships/Home/. ;

The site also contains some feedback from the 2011 Programme, which received an overwhelming endorsement from its participants: 95 per cent said they would recommend SDIP to other students.

Large investment bank, UBS, offers first years the chance to win a place on its UBS Horizons programme: a truly life-changing experience

If you’ve resolved to make 2012 the year you change your life, UBS Horizons is just what you’re looking for.
Imagine spending this summer trekking through the jungle or camping out on a mountainside. Imagine, too, discovering the amazing things you’re capable of as you and your teammates race to complete a much-needed environmental or community project in a remote part of the world.

Run in conjunction with Raleigh International, a youth and sustainable development charity, UBS Horizons offers you the kind of travel experience in which lifelong friendships are sealed and lives are changed. You’ll learn things about yourself you never knew and you’ll fly home a more confident, well-rounded person.

And it doesn’t stop there. Win a place on UBS Horizons and you’ll secure your place on our summer internship program in 2013. That way, you can put your new-found resourcefulness, initiative and team skills into action in the workplace.

If you’re graduating in any subject in 2014, apply for UBS Horizons today:

www.ubs.com/horizons

NB: Deadline is 16 January 2012-01-12

If you need any help with the application form, then call into to see an adviser in the Careers & Employability Centre, Library, drop in 12 – 2 pm or call 01273 678429 for an appointment.

Spread your wings, Create Events, Save Nature

Date: Saturday 14th January, 9 am to 5 pm

We are looking for people to volunteer their time, ideas and energy to create and take part in new events in Brighton and Hove.

We would like to bring together individuals, groups and businesses with all sorts of skills to help us to save nature.

If you feel you could add something to the mix we would love you to come and meet us for an informal chat and a cup of tea.

The South East regional office is based at Pavilion View, 19 New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF and we will be open from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday 14th January.

For details on this and all our other events please visit our webpage.

Alternatively feel free to email me direct for more information at: nichola.willett@rspb.org.uk. Or you can call me on: 01273 763614.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Nic Willett
Senior Community RSPB Fundraiser