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Wanted: real work experience to deliver job-ready graduates

Posted by: Professor Steve West, Posted on: 3 December 2014 - Categories: Higher Education, Work experience

With more people leaving university than ever before, employers are in a position to pick the cream of the crop to fill vacancies and help their companies and organisations to succeed. Modern jobs increasingly require employees to be forward thinking, …

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