Join Channel 4’s exciting ‘Battlefront’ campaign

Channel 4 is renowned for the constant opportunities it offers, with a great ‘Kickstart’ section on its Careers website, offering a flux of work experience placements and internships throughout the year, as well as countless open days and Q&As via Twitter. But aside from all of this, there is also Battlefront – an exciting initiative run BY young people FOR young people.

That’s right. Channel 4 is hiring people aged 14-21 to run an online/TV project for a whole year. For the budding presenters out there, they offer four fixed term contracts and these individuals become the face of the Battlefront campaign and present all the packages which are online on the Battlefront website. For everyone else, there is the opportunity to get involved in planning and content-making and all the ‘behind the scenes’ stuff that will create the bulk of the project.

‘But what has Battlefront done before and why should I get involved?’ I hear you ask. Well, aside from the fact that it’s a great opportunity to get Channel 4 on your CV, it is also a fantastic initiative which in the past year has helped 1000 young people find work placements, it has convinced the government to take the issue of young people’s mental health far more seriously than ever before and it has encouraged more young people to become organ donors. Now that’s pretty impressive, right? Imagine what a great feeling you could have knowing you have made a significant change to so many people’s lives!

Well, this year it could be you. The focus for the next Battlefront is going to be THE issue of the moment which is, of course, youth unemployment. To find out more, and for details of how to apply visit the website here.

The Lowdown on economics from a real econo-miss

Do recession updates confuse you? Do you watch stories about the economy on the news and wonder what the FTSE 100 is or what a W-shaped recession could possibly be?? Do you squirm at the thought of trying to explain what exactly a recession is to anyone who might be so inclined to ask you for an official definition?!

If all or ANY of the above apply to you, then you’ll be happy to know there’s someone who can clarify things for you…

Miss Abi Adams, a PhD student in Economics from Oxford University (now teaching Microeconomics and Quantitative Economics at Oriel College) , has started a blog which attempts to explain the ins and outs of the recession in ‘layman’s terms’, so to speak.

Many of her blog entries focus on new progressions (or contractions…) in the economy in the Eurozone, explaining how things have got to the point they have and what might happen in the future. She writes on the basic economic theory behind current debates and controversy, as well as other things which just take her fancy!

This blog is highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn a little bit more about Economics in words which may be slightly easier to digest than if you just googled them.

Check out Abi’s blog here: http://abiadams.wordpress.com/