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 local S4 students the chance to stay in university halls to gain insight into the life of a university student. My role was being in […]
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 to obtain summer internships. As internships have become inherently key in becoming an employable graduate, the period just after the Christmas holiday has become the […]
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 seem unsurprising to many. With every summer holiday, there is news of another company attempting to entice students with glossy-sounding internships that pay only in […]