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Congratulations! You’ve secured a place on a vacation scheme or an internship. During your placement, you have a great opportunity to discover what really goes on in the business, and what your life as a trainee or employee would be like. For law, with many firms recruiting significant numbers of trainees from their schemes, it’s more

The end of university was close, and my excitement was beginning to increase as I knew I would be flying out to New York within a month to begin my training programme. All I had to do is get a 2.i classification for my degree.  The day I got my results I was ecstatic, Goldman more

Whether you are at university, looking to fill a career gap or simply looking for a new job, doing some volunteering can be incredibly beneficial. 10 reasons why every jobseeker should volunteer 1. It gives you the experience you may need to get the job. In roles which state you need experience, but to get more

This market round-up has been brought to you by Savi Trading.  We are a proprietary trading and training company based in the City of London.  We offer trader training to people wishing to learn how to trade both in-house and remotely, and over the years have successfully taught hundreds of people how to trade successfully. more

After graduating from my law degree in 2010, I decided to jump off the legal training conveyor belt and took some time to explore all of my options and ensure that a career in law was what I really wanted. During my time out, I got some great legal experience before realising where my genuine more

Gray’s Inn – Life as a Barrister – May 2013 There are around 15000 barristers – mainly self employed (around 12,500 – this number is falling). There are now just under 400 pupillages for England and Wales (remember not all pupillages lead to tenancy either so this number is less). Bear in mind that there more

Primark Stores Reading-based budget clothing store Primark has started recruiting for staff at its new store which opens at the £200m New Square development in West Bromwich later this year. The company, which is showing a sales increase of 24% in its first half of its trading year has 139 stores. Turnover is £2.09b employing more

  1. Before he hit the big time with the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger was: a)      A tribute band member b)      A sales assistant in a record shop c)      A porter in a mental hospital 2. Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, used to earn a living as: a)      A dishwasher in a Mexican more

Current LPC student Shahban Aziz talks about why he choose BPP Leeds and what its like to study here more

Our student magazine, Legal InCite, recently spoke to the Deputy President of the Supreme Court, The Right Honourable The Lord Hope of Craighead. more

Find out more about BPP's BPTC Co-Director Anna Banfield more

Leading professional training provider BPP is running a series of free courses for school and college leavers in centres across England, to help them decide their next step and make them stand out as potential employees. more

Working for a professional education company, I have personally been helping accountancy students pass their exams for nearly ten years – being able to help people unlock their potential and broaden their horizons has undoubtedly been the best part of my career so far. Recently though, I have experienced the opposite side of this relationship as, twice in quick succession, I found myself becoming a student all over again. more

Following on from last week’s blog, let’s continue to think about how to prepare yourself for the upcoming exam... When we asked our BPP students how time pressured people found the exam, 11% of people said that they didn’t finish the paper, and a further 34% replied that they only just finished, i.e. had no time to look over their answers. Bear in mind that this is a sample of people who had already been very well schooled in exam technique and time management. more

Examiners will often feedback the same points after every exam sitting on what students have done wrong – we have collated some of the most common answer weaknesses and given you some advice on how to overcome them. more

Your accountancy exams can be a stressful time, but if you can try to manage your stress you are not only more likely to perform better on the day, but also get through the whole experience in better shape. more

You feel that you’re running out of time… what should you be doing to make the most of the time you have left before your exam? Well firstly don’t panic! Easy for us to say, but honestly there are always things you can do which will help your chances of passing. more

William Levell, BPTC Student Mentor, discusses how you should be preparing now for Pupillage applications. more

CFA Quiz: When assessing an investor’s risk tolerance, what two factors need to be considered? more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What are the real estate and private equity valuation frequency requirements? more