Monthly Archives: December 2012

HEAR! HEAR! Two cheers for a work in progress

Posted on December 18, 2012 by The editors blog

You may have heard of the Higher Education Achievement Record (HEAR). If you haven’t, where have you been for the last year? Mind you, it doesn’t seem to have much traction with the great God google yet. Search for it … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary talent resides beside us all

Posted on December 12, 2012 by The editors blog

I had some interesting responses to my blog post about employers using a 2.1 degree as a selection bar. Most of them were from employers explaining that if they didn’t do this, they wouldn’t be able to cope with the … Continue reading →

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Breakfast News comes of age

Posted on December 10, 2012 by The editors blog

It’s not often that breakfasts are blogged about but when it’s the 25th in a row and when it’s being served to over 200 of the great and the good in graduate recruitment, I am going to make an exception. … Continue reading →

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Let battle be joined. Is selection based on degree class right or very wrong indeed?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by The editors blog

I like a good argument. Especially when there’s a bit of emotion in there. When the protagonists are unbelievably polite to each other but really want to punch the other person on the nose. And when the topic of the … Continue reading →

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