Priya Sharma

Graduate application form questions: how to answer "why this firm" and the competency boxes

In June 2025 EvaS75 posted on The Student Room after applying for Civil Service jobs. "Has anyone received a rejection

Most people who miss out on a graduate scheme are never turned down by a person. They are cut by

A bad first or second year feels like it has already decided something. Usually it hasn't. Most of what fixes

On 22 June 2026 the government announced a plan it is openly calling the end of "degree by default". The

If you have just been told your job is at risk, the first thing to know is that your rights

A degree apprenticeship and a graduate scheme do not lead to the same place by 2026. The headline data has

"AI-proof" is the wrong frame. No graduate role in 2026 is insulated from AI: the question is which roles have

The Institute of Student Employers' 2025 survey records a two-year high in application volumes: roughly 140 per graduate vacancy across

All four Big Four firms cut their UK graduate intake on the 2025 cycle, with KPMG making the largest reduction

Two paths sit in front of almost every finalist: the summer internship and the structured graduate scheme. Both get you