Monster Employment Index UK Declines in April, as White-collar Workers See Fewer Opportunities (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONDON----Online recruitment activity and related employment opportunities across the United Kingdom declined by nine points in April, reflecting a similar slowdown in hiring from the first quarter of 2006....more...Blair: A career beyond No10? (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
As he prepares to depart Downing Street, attention turns to the question of what the prime minister will do next....more... 'How Can I Get Degree Funding? I'M Swedish, Can I Become a Speech Therapist in the UK?' ; THE CAREERS ADVISER (RedNova)
By Caroline Haydon Food for thought I'm a single parent claiming tax credit. I am self-employed doing reflexology and massage. I'd like to do a home study degree in nutritional therapy so I can work in the NHS or on my own, but I have hit a brick wall with funding....more... Kaplan and the University of Essex Launch New Online Foundation Degree (Fuerteventura Digital)
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New higher education opportunities in the UK will be opened up to many thousands of potential students following plans jointly unveiled today by Kaplan, a global provider of education and training, and the University of Essex to provide a wholly online Foundation degree course....more... Blair's resignation speech in full (BBC News)
The transcript of Tony Blair's speech in which he announced his plans to step down as Labour leader and UK prime minister....more... (AFX UK Focus) 2007-05-10 08:09 GMT: ABN Amro CFO to step down on August 1, sees ownership change as 'opportune' time (Interactive Investor)
AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - ABN Amro Holdings NV CFO Hugh Scott-Barrett will step down on August 1 and be replaced by Huibert Boumeester, a member of the managing board, the company said....more... SOMALIA: National staff, local partners carry the load in a dangerous environment (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Across Somalia, aid workers face faction fighting, road-blocks manned by money-extorting gunmen, kidnappings and killings. Increasingly, humanitarian agencies are relying on their national staff to continue their operations, presenting practical and ethical dilemmas for agency management. ...more... SOMALIA: National staff, local partners carry the load in a dangerous environment (IRIN)
NAIROBI, 10 May 2007 (IRIN) - Years of violence have turned Somalia, particularly the capital, Mogadishu, into one of the most dangerous places in the world for aid workers....more... Science scholarships available (icWales)
AN independent Welsh school and an industrial company have launched a joint scholarship, believed to be the first of its kind, to encourage pupils to study science. ...more... |