CAREERS NEWSLETTER
2018-‐19
ISSUE 2 – Friday 28 September 2018
ITV’S ‘THE ISLAND STRAIT’ FEATURES BABLAKE BUSINESSWOMAN
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The search for Lord Sugar’s next apprentice – his 14 – returns to BBC 1 in October. While the team tasks featured have useful lessons on how to lead, inspire, innovate, manage and fulfil a brief, we would remind students this show is primarily entertainment, so the boardroom ‘banter’, film editing and candidates’ bravado do not necessarily reflect the real business world. We secured the following interview however, with former pupil Frankie Hobro, owner of Anglesey Sea Zoo, who features on ITV’s ‘The Island Strait’:
When did you leave Bablake? I left in 1991, after completing my A levels, having started in Shell L in 1984. What did you study for A level? Biology, Chemistry and English Literature, as well as General Studies, which everyone took. I was a bit of an anomaly, as there seemed a preference for students to study either the arts or sciences; m y teachers were very sceptical about m e mixing my subjects. I think ideas have changed a lot since then though!
CIVIL SERVICE LAUNCHES DEGREE APPRENTICESHIP IN ECONOMICS The UK Civil Service has just launched the UK’s first degree-‐level apprenticeship in economics – creating new routes to careers in the Civil Service for young people who would prefer to study for a degree whilst working at the heart of government. A range of central government departments and agencies including HM Treasury, Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), Department for Business, Energy, Innovation and Science (BEIS), Department for Education (DfE) and Department for Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will provide apprenticeship placements through the new programme – which will offer students a starting salary of about £22k in London and in excess of £20k nationally.
(Interview continues on page 2…)
For further information about the Government Economics Service Degree Apprenticeship Programme, please email economic.apprenticeship@hmtreasury.gov.u k or see: www.gov.uk/government/publications/gove rnment-‐economics-‐service-‐degree-‐ apprenticeship-‐programme.
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