Food waste is a problem! When you buy or cook food only to throw some of it away, this impacts our environment in many ways:

1. Food waste generates greenhouse gasses. In landfills, food is broken down by bacteria that produce methane, a gas which is contributing to the warming of our climate. Also, preventing food waste means we can conserve limited landfill space.
2. It's estimated that about 18 million tonnes of food goes to landfill ANNUALLY in the UK. That's wasted money that people are spending! The key is to only buy as much as you need. By being smarter with food purchases and by eating everything, a family of four could save as much as £70 each month.
3. Food requires a lot of resources to grow and transport. Many of the fruits and vegetables that we have here in the UK are not even grown here and they are imported from other countries. This means that we're consuming fuel in trucks and planes to transport food, but it all goes to waste if we're not actually eating the food. Plus, growing crops requires a lot of resources like energy and water too, which gets wasted along with the food if it's not eaten.
4. Thousands of people around the world don't have enough food to eat on a daily basis. We should be preserving the food that we are so lucky to have!

Moral of the story: don't waste food!

SKY Apprenticeship: Apprentice Opportunities for you!

You’ve probably never considered a job in Sky before - but if you’re looking for a job that gives great support and excellent benefits, this could be the perfect place for you.

Customer Service (Contact Centre Apprenticeship)

Technology Apprenticeship

Both opportunities are for permanent roles. You don’t have to have previous experience in these areas, all we’re looking for is a passion for Sky and willingness to learn! For application hints and tips you can check out our website.

Both applications are due to close on 4th March so please check out the links above and apply directly through our website if you’re interested in working with us!

If you have any other questions, please contact us directly at earlycareers@sky.uk

The Nuffield Research Placement Scheme is aimed at the current 5th year pupils who will be sitting their Highers in 2019 and who are studying any Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Maths (STEM) subjects at that level. We are also now placing students into Social Science placements where there is an aspect of analysis, statistical investigation and mathematics involved, so the placements are very wide ranging. The placements help increase confidence and improve key skills including practical, communication, report-writing and presentation skills. They also provide students with excellent experiences & skills to include on CV’s and personal statements. By working with professional scientists and engineers in a real-life environment, the students gain an invaluable insight into a wide variety of careers. This is a wonderful opportunity for your students and we hope you will promote the scheme to them.  

To be eligible to apply for a Nuffield Research Placement, students must:

Be over 16 years old

Be in full-time state-funded education in the UK

Have at least 5 National 5 / GCSEs (or equivalent) at Level B / 6 or above, including maths, a science subject and English (or another humanities subject)

Be studying one or more Scottish Higher, A-level (or equivalent) in science, technology, engineering, economics, geography, psychology, computing, statistics or maths

Be able to spend several weeks (4-6) of their summer holiday working on a research project

Students must also meet at least ONE of the following criteria:

Come from a family with a combined household income of below £30,000 a year

Be entitled to free schools meals, either now or at any time in the last six years.

Be the first in their immediate family to participate in higher education (not including any older siblings). This means neither of their parents/carers have participated in higher education, either in the UK or another country. If their siblings have attended higher education, but their parents/carers have not, they are eligible.

Be living, or have lived in, local authority care. 

Summary of the process:

Students apply by completing an online application which can be accessed on the Nuffield Research Placement webpage 

When registering, students insert an email address of the teacher who is to provide them with a reference. The system automatically initiates an email to that teacher to allow them to add reference.

After the closing date (February 27th 2019)

Placements normally take place at the end of June, July or early August.  The student will normally be working Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) for 4, 5 or 6 weeks. Students should therefore be made aware that is quite a big commitment.

All students will receive reasonable travel costs to and from their placement. Students who are eligible for bursary will receive an additional £100 per week of placement.

Successful students are required to submit a report at the end of their placement and are also invited to display their work in poster format at a celebration event in Edinburgh, taking place at the end of August / early September.

All information can be found on the attached letter . The deadline for the return of the slip/payment is Friday 1 March.