Andy Martin
What are NVQs, and how are they different to NCFE?
What are NVQs?
National Vocational Qualifications, or NVQs, are competency-based awards that prove you are qualified to do a particular job. These qualifications are relevant in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, they are known as Scottish[...]
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Your Social Media Profiles Could Determine Whether You Get Your Dream Job
Let’s face it: we all love Facebook. After a weekend of mayhem or a memorable event, we immediately look to Facebook to see photos and evidence that we had a more epic time than anyone, ever. Our Facebook statuses are full of our emotional ups and downs[...]
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Spotlight – Travel, Tourism & Aviation Courses
Following our look at courses in the Services and Catering Industry category, we move on to a snapshot of the distance learning courses available in Travel, Tourism and Aviation subjects.
An increasingly exciting sector, the growth and accessibility of[...]
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Josie’s job interview tips
So you’ve landed an interview for your dream job. Congratulations! Your hard work has paid off. But now is not the time to relax. Sure, they like your application enough to want to meet you, but you’ve now got to convince your interviewers, face-to-face,[...]
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A Few Hard, Fast Rules for Writing an Effective CV
We recently ran a poll on our Superfan Facebook page asking what you’d like me to blog about. It seems most of you want information on writing a CV. Well… you asked for it, you got it!
Your CV is your pass to a new career. It shows employers[...]
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Stonebridge Spotlight – Service Industry and Catering
In this Spotlight series, we’re now delving into the world of the service industry. As a sector that continues to grow, it also offers a wide range of career paths, from hotel and catering to wedding planning. The skills acquired through studying these[...]
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Structured Procrastination
Procrastination: the plague on self-discipline. We all do it. We all know we do it. And we all know we shouldn’t do it. And yet, we have a hard time not doing it. What is it that makes us so prone to postponement?
John Perry, philosophy professor and[...]
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News for Social Care Studies Courses
For those of you enrolled in any of our Social Care Studies courses, we have some exciting news for you. We have partnered with the Social Care Association (SCA) to bring you a fantastic professional opportunity. Whenever you successfully complete your[...]
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Spotlight – Information Technology (IT) Courses
To follow on from our look at Business, Management, Law and Security courses, we look here at Stonebridge’s range of IT courses.
Information technology is intertwined in the lives of even the most devoted of luddite, whether in phones that are[...]
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Time to Get Busy
This summer has flown by! Between the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, I don’t know where the time has gone. Many of you may be feeling the same, wondering how we’ve already come to the end of August. And many of you may be wondering what happened[...]
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