Careers Conversation: a student’s experience in the LEAPS programme
Last summer I carried out a week placement with LEAPS (Lothian Equal Access Programme for Schools) as a student mentor for their High Flyers Program. The program provides around 40…
Internships are more about privilege than ability
We all know the age old idiom that tells us that who you know is more important than what you know, and few situations embody this more than the competition…
Unpaid internships are exploiting students
It is the Government’s responsibility to change the law on internship wages The Student’s discovery this week that Edinburgh business Casa Morada had been advertising several six-month unpaid ‘internships’ may…