Apprenticeship Scheme 2014-15

Springs Dance Company is inviting applications for its Apprenticeship Scheme commencing in September 2014. This is an intensive dance training course within a Christian context.

Dancers and students can apply to audition for the one year course, elevate dance company which culminates in a tour of performances and workshops. Those with less experience of dance can apply to audition for the three month elevate foundation course. Both courses commence in September 2014, and take place in South London.

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Waterway Recovery Group launches its Canal Camps for 2014!

Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) runs a programme of unique week-long residential volunteering opportunities, known as ‘Canal Camps’ designed to restore the derelict canals of England and Wales to their former glory. Canal Camps give you the chance to do your bit for the environment whilst having a fun holiday.

Waterway Recovery Group have 25 Canal Camps, 2 Clean-up weekends and a Big Dig already planned for 2014 giving volunteers the chance to get involved in various activities such as rebuilding towpaths on the Driffield Navigation and Pocklington Canal in East Yorkshire, lining a section of the Lancaster Canal at Stainton, to lock clearance work on the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire and bricklaying at Ham Mill Lock on the Cotswold Canals.

Click here to view an online version of the brochure.

Sky Academy Arts Scholarships

There’s just five days left for emerging artists aged 18-30 to apply for the £30,000 Sky Academy Arts Scholarships (previously known as the Futures Fund). The final deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 6 December.

For the third year running Sky, in association with IdeasTap, is giving away five £30,000 bursaries and mentoring support to artists aged 18-30 from the UK and Ireland. Applications are open to individuals working in the following fields:

·       Performing arts

·       Dance

·       Music

·       Visual art

·       Creative producing

·       Creative writing

Find out more and apply at www.ideastap.com/sky

ENHANCE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY PROSPECTS AND CONNECT WITH BLOOMBERG’S GLOBAL NETWORK OF FINANCIAL EMPLOYERS

Loughborough University is partnering with Bloomberg L.P., the leading financial data and news provider, to offer the BLOOMBERG APTITUDE TEST (BAT) completely FREE OF CHARGE on campus! Take the BAT on 20 NOVEMBER 2013 @ 3PM to be put in touch with over 20,000 global employers!  NO PREPARATION IS NECESSARY. SPACE IS LIMITED!

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Enter the BP Ultimate Field Trip Competition

Registration for the Ultimate Field Trip 2014 is open until Friday, 22nd November:

Enter the BP Ultimate Field Trip Competition and have the chance to win a 2 week trip to Alaska and Chicago!

What is the Ultimate Field Trip?

“The Ultimate Field Trip” (www.bp.com/uft/uk) is aimed at attracting the best and brightest early stage science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) undergraduates to BP.

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Represent your University at the Undergraduate of the Year Awards

There are 11 Awards up for grabs to identify the top undergraduates in IT and Computer Science; Management; Law; Mathematics, Economics and Finance; Engineering; Construction, Engineering and Design; Low Carbon plus three special awards: the ‘Future Business Leader’ and ‘Commercial Excellence’ Awards open to students from any discipline, the Female Undergraduate of the Year open to the very best female undergraduates. New for 2014 the Scotland Undergraduate of the Year open to Final year students currently studying at a Scottish University.

The rewards are great: winners’ prizes include exclusive internships, iPads, lunches with directors and trips to the USA, South America, the Far East and continental Europe and the final ten students in each Award will be invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 25 April, 2013 where the winners will be announced to national press coverage.

If you make the final 10, not only will you be very close to a fantastic prize, you will have proved yourself to be amongst the best and most employable students in the country.

Find out more and enter: www.undergraduateoftheyearawards.co.uk

 

Scholarships for Teacher Training from the Institute of Physics

There are 150 scholarships worth £25,000 to award to high-calibre individuals wishing to embark on physics initial teacher training. Each scholarship will enable those doing PGCE or School Direct (non-salaried) teacher training in England in 2014/15 to join a prestigious programme that offers a package of financial and academic support.

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