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As Young Academic had learnt, graduates are increasingly unlikely to find themselves with a place on a graduate scheme. As the number of student graduating vastly outstrips the number of places available, the national employability campaign could well help. Make sure you follow us at @youngacademic to keep up to date with all the developments [...]

Following a few weeks of relentless festival guides and entertainment news, Young Academic thought it was time we brought you some good old fashioned student news. This is a follow up to the news we brought you a few weeks ago about the Bosch Technology Horizons Awards. [...]

As you guys know only too well, we only let advertisers onto Young Academic if they genuinely offer a service to students across the nation. Universities, festivals and career schemes have all found great results when using us as their platform and we have found you another absolute winner. With exams and dissertations no doubt [...]

Trendsetting photography lecturers in Coventry University’s School of Art and Design have achieved a world first with the launch of an app which delivers an undergraduate degree class directly to your iPhone free of charge. This is surely great student news for any of you tech-savvy art students in and around the Coventry area. Remember [...]

Young Academic has some great student news for any of you interested in maritime sports such as yachting. The Trinity House bursary will fund young academics looking to get involved in ocean pursuits and are encouraging you guys to enrol as soon as possible. [...]

Young Academic can bring you a great competition this evening, perfect for any students looking to build up their photography portfolio. Anyone looking for a career in photography knows that their CV needs to stand out from the crowd, so with only four weeks left to go anyone serious about photography should enter the Nikon [...]

A great opportunity has arisen for students and teachers to discuss the impact of technology and engineering whilst at the same time standing a chance of winning cash, work experience and top of the range products. Young Academic has discovered that the Bosch Technology Horizons Award Opportunity will be open for another two weeks [...]

Young Academic can reveal that the League Football Education (LFE) and The Dame Kelly Holmes (DKH) Legacy Trust have announced the dates of Southern and Northern careers and recruitment events which will challenge footballers and other elite athletes to ‘create their own legacy.’ In great news for students and school leavers alike, the scheme helps [...]

Fantastic student news today, especially if you are currently planning your work experience or work based learning. The National Council for Work Experience are announcing their award short-list today so make sure you have a read and get applying to the companies that are sure to stand you in great stead for your future. Young [...]

Young Academic brings you an official statement from NUS president, Aaron Porter, following yesterday’s disappointing vote in the House of Commons. Just when we thought things could get no worse for UK students, the government run salt into the wounds by further distancing themselves from their commitment to the youth of today. Not the best [...]