Grating Expectations

How expectations – employers, institutions, parents and our own – are a graduate’s worst enemy yet best hope. In discussions about graduates I have heard a new maxim beginning to reiterate itself on the lips of older generations; ‘graduates aren’t ready for work’. The often critical tone in which it is voiced suggests the problem […]

Student Daze

‘A Lesson to an Embattled Leader’ An example of an article from my ‘heady’ time writing for Leeds Student. The presidential election in France and Sarkozy’s electoral difficulties offer Cameron a stark warning for what he may face. The first round of the French presidential election has produced a remarkable mix of results. The centre-right incumbent Nicolas […]