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For any new or up and coming employment related news and information we think you should know about!

1. Start your own business on speed!

The Speed programme or the Enterprise Fellowship Scheme (EFS) can help you set up your own business!

How can SPEED or EFS help you with your business idea?

• £4000 - £8000 tohelp you start your business
• Practical business training workshops
• A business address on Keele Science and Business Park
• Access to a hot desk in the Stepping Stone Incubation Unit
• Expert mentoring for the twelve month duration of this part time scheme
• Signposting to other sources of funding advice
• Opportunities to network with other entrepreneurs and businesses

Who can apply?

• Any EU citizen who is a currently registered student at Keele University
• Any EU citizen who is either a recent graduate or a member of staff
• Applicants can be either F/T or P/T and it is proven that the programme can be successfully untertaken in parallel with academic studies and that employers consider that the participation in the programme greatly enhances employability.

Want to know more?

Contact: Dee Frankish, Research and Enterprise Services, Room 1.13 Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Email: d.a.frankish@keele.ac.uk Tel: 01782 733441

2. TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

TARGETjobs is launching a National Awards competition to identify outstanding undergraduates from a range of degree subjects across the UK.

Winners prizes include, cash, laptops, internships and all expenses paid trips to New York, Australia and continental Europe!

To find out more go to www.undergraduateoftheyear.com

3. Employment Legislation Updates

How problems at work are dealt with changed on 6th April 09. For information about the recent changes go to ACAS

4. 'Sick Notes' changed to 'Fitness to Work Notes'

5. Looking for a paid internship or placement?

Graduate Advantage can help. Paid summer internships, graduate placements, part-time placements and employability training are all available for current students and graduates!
Find out more at their website

6. Non UK student looking for work in the UK or UK Student considering work in another country?

If you want to know how to look for work in a new / different country, about the unwritten rules for job hunting and applying in various countries and cultural differences click here

7. West Midlands Graduate Internships

Are you a graduate? Do you have an address in the West Midlands?
Are you unemployed or working 16 hours or less?
Would you be interested in gaining valuable work experience?
West Midlands Internships have been created to tackle the effect of the economic downturn by crerating valuable work experience placements.
There is no cost to employers and graduates gain access to Jobseekers Allowance and other benefits while they are on the 1-6 month internships, internships are 8-30 hours per week.

For full information go to West Midlands Graduate Internships

Or have you just graduated and are looking for an opportunity to put your skills to good use?