Can you recover from a bad first or second year? What your degree classification really needs (2026)
A bad first or second year feels like it has already decided something. Usually it hasn't. Most of what fixes […]
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Articles by Priya Sharma
Careers Editor. Priya has read more graduate CVs than she can count and sat through the assessment-centre circuit from both sides of the table. She covers grad schemes, applications, interviews, and the first job. If a guide tells you to 'just be yourself' at an assessment centre, it was not written by her. priya@unisorted.co.uk
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