Thinking about life after university can be daunting. Many students worry about making themselves employable during and immediately after their courses, but a lot don’t know what they need to consider and how to use their time effectively.  

#100YearLife - How to Change Career Path Later in Life - #NationalCareersWeek While the idea of celebrating your 50th birthday and having an up-coming retirement plan ready to be put into action seems only moments away, the reality now is that retirement is less likely to happen for another decade or two.

#FutureofEducations - Technology that is enhancing education Classrooms are far more technologically advanced than they were ten years ago, and classic chalk and blackboard approach has been retired.

Despite the current uncertainty surrounding the economic situation in the UK, all is not as bleak as it may initially seem — particularly in the engineering sector.

In March 2019 the unemployment rate in the UK hit a 44-year low. In an interview with The Guardian, John Philpott, the director of the Jobs Economist consultancy, noted: “Nobody seems to have told the labour market about the mood of Brexit-related economic uncertainty which has gripped the UK since last autumn.” Miners strikes, recessions, and political pandemonium, which included the worst parliamentary defeat in history, all compounded the unlikelihood of a four decade long economic depression turning itself around — it has however.