This exciting course provides a route into higher education for those whose current, or predicted, qualifications do not reflect their true potential for degree level study. It is aimed at school leavers, young adults and mature students who may have experienced setbacks in their previous education, as well as those wishing to change direction within their careers or subject area.

Participants take part in a 6 week full time programme from mid-June to the end of July. The Summer School provides an opportunity to sample new subjects, experience university life, and gain self-confidence, equipping students with the skills they need to progress onto successful degree study. (Please note: The Summer School no longer delivers English and Maths courses for entry to teacher training.)

Application process: For most applicants and schools there is no separate application process for entry onto the Summer School.  If your pupils are only applying to the University of Aberdeen then we would ask that they apply for a place via their UCAS application personal statement. They will need to mention their reasons for applying in the statement.

If your pupils wish to apply to more than one University OR they do not want to mention their reasons for applying to the Summer School in their personal statement then there is an alternative. They can email Chris Sojka directly to apply for a place. They would need to include their reasons for applying within the email. This information will then be passed onto the Admissions Selector for consideration at the appropriate stage.

The Admissions Selector may then, if they deem it appropriate, make your pupils an offer of admissions based (either fully or in part) on successful completion of the Summer School course.

 

If you have any queries before then, please feel free to contact me by phone on 01224 273107 or by email: c.sojka@abdn.ac.uk.

 

 

Tesco Silverburn are advertising their school leavers/graduate scheme for 2016.  Please contact the store or Tesco website for more details.

 

We are a small flooring company with around 5 staff members and 12 operatives on site.

 

We install heavy contract flooring, including preparation, to new builds and refurbishments working for main contractors and direct to clients.

 

We require an office clerk whose job initially would be working with our estimator putting together tenders and assisting with the following tasks:

• Doing take offs from drawings
• Aiding in site measures
• Downloading tender documents from e-mail enquiries and preparing them for pricing
• General office duties

This would then lead to the applicant carrying out these duties themselves and pricing projects.

The Apprenticeship is three years in length with attendance one day a week at City of Glasgow college.  The qualification they would be working toward is an NC in the Built Environment with an SVQ in Estimating.

Long term the future applicant would require to be knowledgeable in all aspects of contract flooring and would require to take an initial enquiry through to its fruition.  This would include pricing a contract, secure the order, procure all materials for the contract, organising the labour, supervising the project up to completion and liaising with the client to finalise payment.

 

Applicants are required to have a two in Maths and English and is required to be comfortable working with figures and writing emails on a daily basis.

Applicants are also required to have a basic understanding of Microsoft Office, this is used every day and there will be further in house training during the apprenticeship.

Longer term, driving is a necessity for this position and applicants would need to have a driving licence or be in the process of achieving this.

If you are interested, please contact:

Christine Tyrrell

Apprenticeship Officer

CITB

4 Fountain Ave

Inchinnan

Renfrewshire

PA3 9RQ

 

Email Christine.tyrrell@citb.co.uk

 

 

Opportunity to visit Financial Services Companies in Glasgow

 

The Financial Services industry in Scotland employs over 91,000 people with its main hubs located in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The sector has a diverse skills requirement and recruits talent from modern apprentices through to graduate levels.

A number of opportunities to visit some of Glasgow’s large Financial Services brands are now open to school pupils.

To find out more and to register, click:-

 

AXA Business Insurance, BNP Paribas and Santander Commercial and Corporate Banking – 26^th November 2015

http://insightprogrammeaxabnpandsantander.eventbrite.co.uk

AXA Business Insurance and BNP Paribas – 10^th December 2015

https://insightprogrammeaxaandbnp.eventbrite.co.uk

After registration schools will be contact directly by the organiser to obtain pupil names.

HSBC Tours coming soon!

 

Are you interested in a career in business with a prestigious firm straight from school or college? Would you like to earn a salary from day one and study for further qualifications? If so, we’d like to give you the opportunity to find out more about our School and College Leaver Programmes by attending one of our exclusive KPMG Open Evenings. Our programmes can enable you to develop valuable skills, work towards gaining a professional qualification, start your career and earn a salary of up to £21.5k (in London). We’d like to invite you, your parents and teachers to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, gain invaluable knowledge into the recruitment process, as well as mingle with some current School Leaver trainees over refreshments. Sessions are taking place as follows: Upcoming dates Monday 9th November Thursday 29th October Tuesday 27th October Tuesday 17th November KPMG office in Aberdeen KPMG office in Edinburgh KPMG office in Glasgow KPMG office in Newcastle To book your place, please email kpmgopenevening@kpmg.co.uk including your name, year group and school/college. We will then send you a confirmation, which you will need to bring with you on the day. There is more information on our School Leaver Programmes on our website. We look forward to meeting with you soon! KPMG Student Recruitment Team Event information Dates: Aberdeen – 9th Nov Edinburgh – 29th Oct Glasgow – 27th Oct Newcastle – 17th Nov Timings 4-6pm Venue We will confirm this once you have registered. Register Further information If you have any specific dietary requirements, please email kpmgopenevening@kpmg.co.uk   KPMG is committed to creating an inclusive environment for people with disabilities. If you need something that will help you to participate fully in this event please provide details to kpmgopenevening@kpmg.co.uk   Please note that any sensitive personal data provided by you will only be used for the purposes of this event unless otherwise stated.

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BBC Academy, Mailbox, 102-107 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1AY.

Have you ever wanted to demonstrate the role of technology and engineering in STEM related industries

such as broadcasting? The BBC has created an informative poster that shows the range of technologies that

are fundamental to how we connect to our audiences and what the UK needs from our future talent.

You are able to get a digital download of our new poster or you can request one of our new A2 posters to

use as an educational and careers resource. (Digital copy – http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/england/pdf/bbc-roles-in-tecnology.pdf).

Email us at techcareers@bbc.co.uk to get one of 1,000 A2 posters by supplying your Name, School/College

Name and Address)

We’re looking to build awareness of the importance of Maths and STEM subjects that are vital for the

future UK creative industry. To be a successful and future-proofed individual wishing to work across

broadcast technology we heavily rely upon the education sector to deliver the next generation of

innovators/inventors and engineers!

The BBC is always looking for new talent that have a passion for what we do, technology and

communication together with an aptitude for creative problem solving in a collaborative environment.

Do you know someone who’s doing “A” Level Maths and would be interested in a career in Broadcasting

Engineering?

We are holding Open Days across BBC sites, to allow students,

teachers, career advisors and parents to come in and understand

more about the schemes.

Details of the open days can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/techcareers

We have created a new video for the scheme –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/techapprentices

BBC BEng Apprenticeship (L6) Sponsored Degree –

information can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/techapprentices

For more information about the world of broadcasting and to get some helpful insight into industry

development then visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy and please follow @BBCTRAINEES #BBCSTEM.

The BBC is responsible for promoting and delivering the benefit of emerging communications technologies

through education and learning, stimulating creativity across the UK, nations and regions bringing the UK to

the world and the world to the UK.

BBC Academy – Engineering Schemes

For the latest updates on Modern Apprenticeship vacancies, log onto:

www.apprenticeshipsinscotland.com

Featured Opportunity

RBS Apprenticeship Programmes!

RBS Apprenticeships:

• Relationship Management – Dundee, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Inverness and Motherwell
• Technology Apprenticeship – Edinburgh
• Customer Service – Edinburgh
• Business Admin Apprenticeship – Edinburgh

The passion you own, the expertise you develop, the potential you reach. It all depends on where your strengths, talents and personal goals take you. Our focus is on finding the best fit for you while giving you everything you need to make the biggest contribution you can.

Watch the video below to hear from RBS apprentices what it’s like!

Needing help applying online? check out top tips written by RBS!

APPLY TODAY

Performance Tyres, Abercorn Street, Paisley are looking for a trainee Tyre Fitter.

Successful candidate will work Tuesday – Saturday 9am-4.30pm for 2-3 weeks training and then hours will change to 8.30am-5pm following this.

Minimum wage.

If you are interested, phone Mr Taylor on 0141 887 7440.

Woodfarm High School Careers Evening 2015 – Thursday 29^th October 6-8pm. Click for more info.

 

 

 

For updates on the latest Apprenticeships, go to:

www.apprenticeshipsinscotland.com