University of Cumbria - Mini Careers Convention at Fusehill Street Campus

This event will take place on Thursday 14 October 12 noon—2.30 pm in the Gateway Building

We will be joined by the representatives from:

CEVA Logistics

The logistics industry is increasingly reliant on graduate management trainees and covers a wide variety of opportunities in supply chain logistics, transportation and warehousing. CEVA Logistics are a growing company with graduate traineeships in operational management at many UK locations.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Enterprise Rent-A-Car run a large, award-winning Management Training Programme and vacancy levels with the company have remained high in spite of the recession. Vacancies across the UK.

Good Companions

Good Companions are actively looking for full and part-time carers to work in the Carlisle, Longtown and Brampton areas. They may also have occasional opportunities in residential and live-in care.

There will also be a display of free careers information to take away on the day.

New Qualifications for Probation Officers

Northwest Training Consortium - new qualification framework for Probation Officers in England and Wales http://ow.ly/2Mf3E

There will however be an alternative route for those holding an Honours Degree in:


• Criminology

• Community Justice

• Criminal Justice

• Police Studies

Candidates in theses subjects may apply to their Probation Trust to study for the Graduate Diploma in Community Justice and VQ level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice.

Applying for PGCE Courses

Further to my post on teaching applications last week, it appears there are currently some technical problems loading information on www.gttr.ac.uk

A colleague has suggested that students complete the form as far as they can and keep checking for updates so their application is ready to go on 5th October, which is apparently the first date when GTTR will send on applications to the course providers.

Graduate IT Vacancies

IT Services Provider FDM Academy aims to recruit 500 Graduate Trainees this year to make it the largest UK IT recruiter http://ow.ly/2JhnR

Possible Changes to Health Visitor Training

The Government's aim of recruiting an extra 4,200 extra Health Visitors by 2015 has led to some discussions about possible accelerated training routes for the job.

Currently, potential Health Visitors usually need two years' experience in Nursing before applying for training. However, new ideas include the possibility of on-the-job training or a direct entry training course.

Admin Staff Reductions as North Cumbria Hospitals outsource to NHS Small Business Services http://ow.ly/2F2Z8

Interested in becoming a Teacher?

Don’t miss important deadlines!

Come along to -

Getting into Teaching seminar
Wednesday 13th October 1-2 pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Brampton Road campus

PGCE Applications workshop
Wednesday 3rd November 1-3 pm
Room 105, Learning Gateway, Fusehill Street campus



No booking required — all University of Cumbria students welcome.
For information on these sessions contact: Joanne Watson
joanne.watson@cumbria.ac.uk
01228 616323

NHS Vacancies falling - except midwives

"Long-term vacancy rates have fallen slightly for most major NHS staff groups in England except for midwives and GPs, survey findings from The NHS Information Centre revealed last week."

One NHS commentator pointed out that unfilled midwifery vacancies could be a cause of concern in the light of a sharp increase in the birth rate and that the Government could be facing a shortage of 3,000 midwives*

Meanwhile, a Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS) has been agreed to help NHS employers meet current challenges (i.e. shed staff?)

* Note: little sign of this happening in Lancashire and Cumbria however - CT

Source: Health Workforce Bulletin

Be an Ambassador for the London Olympics! London Ambassadors - Home Page http://ow.ly/2BHfg

Graduate Talent Pool: graduate internships are now open to 1910 graduates Home page http://ow.ly/2z7XA

ENDS Environmental Intelligence and Green Jobs - Environmental Data Services http://ow.ly/2yB1y

Management Advice, News and Opinion - How to survive in the workplace! http://ow.ly/2yAL2

Creative Industries To Buck the Trend?

Careers staff at the University of the Arts, London have noted that in spite of all the bad news on the graduate jobs market, they have had a 30% rise in vacancies notified to their Creative Opportunities vacancy website.

Apparently employers are starting to favour recruiting new graduates (or interns instead of graduates) in place of those with more experience.

They markedly favour word of mouth sources of recruitment and many are turning to social networking sites like Facebook and Linked In to find recruits.