The LSE’s new full-time MSc Finance programme (not to be confused with the longer established MSc Finance and Economics) will start this September and admit around 50 students.
Janet Bacastow, one of those involved in promoting the new programme, says it’s designed to cater for university leavers who know relatively little about finance: “This is geared […]

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I think, therefore I earn
Philosophy graduates are suddenly all the rage with employers. What can they possibly have to offer?
“A degree in philosophy? What are you going to do with that then?”
Philosophy students will tell you they’ve been asked this question more times than they care to remember.
“The response people seem to want is a […]

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Subject Guide Series: Nursing
Care of the sick and injured - includes nursing and medical technology
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What will I learn?
All nursing courses, both diplomas and degrees, teach a core number of topics in the first year, before allowing students to specialise in one of four areas - adult, learning disabilities, mental […]

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Cambridge University - where just 28% of applications result in an offer - has admitted it is growing ‘desperate’ for more applicants to its computer science courses.Applications to study the subject have dramatically dropped since the start of the decade. In 2000, 500 students applied and 100 were accepted. Last year, 210 applied and 70 […]

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Subject Guide Series: Education
Study of how people develop and learn - including education studies, undergraduate teacher training and academic studies in education
What will I learn?
Education paints a broad brush. If you want to work in the classroom developing the minds of tomorrow, you need to take a teacher training qualification - a bachelor in education. […]

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Subject Guide Series: Computer Sciences and IT 
Design, exploitation and technology surrounding computing - includes computer sciences, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence
What will I learn?
Taking a computer science course will mean you will be studying a subject at the very forefront of technology and innovation. Computers are everywhere and the demand to make them smaller, work […]

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