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Our trainees work with lawyers recognised in the market as being among the best in their fields. Working on groundbreaking transactions, you will be an integral part of the team, developing your skills through on-the-job and formal training. In addition, our trainee mentoring scheme, pro bono activities and sports teams mean that you can develop relationships outside work with people at all levels in the firm.

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We offer investment research and analytical tools to analysts, portfolio managers, investment bankers and other financial professionals. We make it easy for clients to convert raw data into powerful information. FactSet empowers our clients to move seamlessly from one application to another and integrate data from multiple sources on a single, intuitive platform. Our top priority is making sure every client has everything they need to do their jobs effectively.

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At any one time, over 400,000 people are flying in an aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines. Over 30,000 vessels use our marine equipment and customers in nearly 120 countries rely on us for their energy needs. Working across the civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine, energy and nuclear industries, we pride ourselves on making products that can withstand the extraordinary demands placed upon them. Our products rely on the most advanced research and technology available – and the most sophisticated manufacturing processes in existence.

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Over 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries, including 11,400 staff in the UK and Ireland. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society. Our technology touches the lives of millions of people every day:

• Fujitsu innovations have resulted in more than 100,000 global patents
• Fujitsu manages over 2.5 million desktops across Europe
• Fujitsu has been recycling PCs since 1988. Today, nothing now goes to landfill
• During 2012, Fujitsu employed over 100 apprentices, 55 graduates and 21 industrial placement students
• Fujitsu’s passion for development excellence has resulted in us being awarded Champion IIP status. This is a coveted award that puts Fujitsu in the top 1% of companies who adhere to this standard.

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HSBC is connecting customers to opportunities, enabling people and businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions. We offer opportunities at every career stage, from entry level and undergraduates to experienced professionals and senior executives. With offices across six continents, the world is your workplace. Whether you choose to work in your local market or explore global opportunities, you can be sure of an interesting and varied career.

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Employing 20,290 employees in more than 42 countries, Mercer works with over 25,000 clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement, investment and other benefits.

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We provide the facilities, resources and staff to support the National Assembly. We’re a modern, dynamic organisation, an Investors in People organisation and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We greatly value equality of opportunity and the diversity of our workforce.

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Rydym yn darparu’r cyfleusterau, yr adnoddau a’r staff i gefnogi’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol. Rydym yn sefydliad modern a deinamig. Rydym yn gorff sydd yn Buddsoddi mewn Pobl ac yn Hyrwyddwr Amrywiaeth Stonewall. Rydym yn rhoi gwerth mawr ar gyfleoedd cyfartal ac amrywiaeth yn ein gweithlu.

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Mae Grwˆp Bancio Lloyds yn cynnwys yr enwau mawr ar y stryd fawr, sef Lloyds TSB, Halifax a Bank of Scotland. Ein nod yw bod y darparwr gwasanaethau ariannol gorau yn y DU ac rydym ni’n credu bod rhaid seilio hyn ar ein henw da ac ar argymhellion. Ac yntau’n sefydliad mor fawr, daw hynny â llawer o gyfrifoldeb yn ei sgil hefyd – mae gennym rôl glir i’w chwarae yn ein cymdeithas; drwy helpu ein cwsmeriaid yn feunyddiol. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi ein perthynas â’n cwsmeriaid ac yn buddsoddi mewn cymunedau lleol ac yn ein pobl. Rydym wedi ymrwymo’n llwyr i amrywiaeth a chynnwys pawb.

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Y CPS yw adran y llywodraeth sy’n rhoi cyngor ac yn erlyn y mwyafrif o achosion troseddol yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Rydym yn gweithio’n agos â’r heddlu ac asiantaethau gorfodaeth gyfreithiol eraill, er ein bod yn gwbl annibynnol. Mae gennym swyddfeydd lleol drwy Gymru a Lloegr a swyddfeydd Pencadlys yn Llundain ac Efrog, yn ogystal â gweithwyr cartref CPS. Rydym hefyd yn anfon erlynyddion cysylltiol i awdurdodaethau eraill i adeiladu partneriaethau gyda phartneriaid cyfreithiol dramor.

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We are an international law firm with over 300 lawyers worldwide. Our culture and our lawyers are innovative and entrepreneurial. We are one of the world’s leading specialists in shipping and transport, trade and energy, insurance and reinsurance and commercial law, serving clients based throughout the world. We have international offices in Paris, Rouen, Brussels, Geneva, Piraeus, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney and São Paulo.

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With more than 150 partners and 200 other lawyers, we assist a wide range of international clients, advising across the full range of legal issues. We have a particular focus on companies that are highly regulated and those with intellectual-property and technology-driven business models. Our main areas of practice are corporate, intellectual property and technology and regulatory. We also have particular expertise in competition and EU law, real estate, banking and finance, dispute resolution, employment, pensions and tax.

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The firm provides a full service to private, institutional and commercial clients, as well as having outstanding expertise in a number of niche sectors, including art and heritage, higher education, museums and galleries, schools and sports. We advise a variety of interesting and diverse clients.

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Through our values – agile, progressive and easy to engage with – and our insight into our clients’ businesses, we are market leaders in the insurance, health and real estate sectors. We combine depth of sector knowledge with astute commercial awareness and global reach.

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Our clients tell us we give them the help they need to realise their dreams of independence, security, happiness and freedom. Getting the right staff is essential to providing excellent, person-centred services. We pride ourselves on being innovative, trustworthy and ‘can do’, so if you think you reflect those values and would like to work in the care sector for a Sunday Times Top 100 Company, get in contact with us or visit our website to find out more.

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Our vision is to end preventable loss of life at sea. Our lifeboat and lifeguard services are the key functions of the RNLI, but behind the scenes they are supported by committed and dedicated volunteers and staff. They strive for excellence, which is driven by our values: selfless, dependable, trustworthy, courageous. We are committed to our volunteer ethos, remaining independent of government funding, being community-based and centrally directed, building on our maritime expertise and pride in our heritage over the last two centuries.

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We want to increase young people’s participation in, and enjoyment of, PE and school sport. We want young people to have the chance to experience and enjoy different types of activity at whatever level is right for them. We want to ensure young people receive the best teaching, coaching and resources possible and have the chance to progress if they show talent. We want to help our young people to live healthy and active lives and to be the best they can be.

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We will invest over £1 billion of National Lottery and Exchequer funding between 2012 and 2017 in organisations and projects that will: help more people have a sporting habit for life; create more opportunities for young people to play sport; nurture and develop talent; provide the right facilities in the right places; support local authorities and unlock local funding; and ensure real opportunities for communities. We are accountable to Parliament through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Over the past eight decades, McKinsey’s primary objective has remained constant: to serve as an organisation’s most trusted external adviser on critical issues facing senior management. With over 8,000 consultants deployed from some 100 offices in more than 50 countries, McKinsey advises companies on strategic, operational, organisational and technological issues. The firm has extensive experience in all major industry sectors and primary functional areas, as well as in-depth expertise in high-priority areas for today’s business leaders.

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BT is the largest communications service provider in the UK and one of the largest communications companies in the world, providing services to customers in more than 170 countries with an IP network that connects over 1,270 cities. We aim to help customers make the most of the convergence of networks and services, mobile and fixed products, media and communications.

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Our mission is to offer a truly integrated legal service to people with sophisticated global wealth management and business needs. The wealth of today’s private client has increased in multiples and many are institutions in their own right. With our US merger in 2002, we are able to respond to these changing legal needs and offer integrated solutions to the international legal and tax needs of our clients. Withers’ reputation in commercial law, along with its status as the largest private client team in Europe, set it apart from other City firms.

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Thurrock Council is a unitary authority in the heart of the Thames Gateway, with Greater London to the West and the River Thames to the South. This thriving borough encompasses huge swathes of green belt and 18 miles of Thames frontage. The area’s unique riverside location and vast natural resources are the key to the success of its past and future development. We aim to deliver high-quality services that make a difference to our customers and development that suits our new and existing communities.

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We are the number one firm in the UK for affordable housing and public sector work and are consistently ranked as one of the leading firms in the Middle East. Our main areas of expertise also include banking and finance, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, projects and construction, real estate and tax, trusts and pensions.
We are a growing firm, but one thing can be assured – you will not be anonymous. Combine this with the excellent training that we offer and we believe we are an outstanding prospect for any future trainee.

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Taylor Wessing has core strengths in corporate, finance, real estate, intellectual property and private wealth. We offer an integrated service across the full range of practice areas, with around 900 lawyers working across 21 offices in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We are driven by where the industries of tomorrow are growing the fastest and are active in: technology, communication and brands; life sciences and healthcare; financial institutions and services; real estate and infrastructure; and energy and environment.

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Our service is partner-led, designed to deliver sound commercial solutions to complex business challenges. Through our network of offices and strong local relationships, we offer clients commercially focused quality advice across the globe.
Main areas of work: commercial litigation; corporate; employment and pensions; finance; marine and international trade; and real estate.

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We regulate more than 120,000 solicitors in England and Wales. Our purpose is to protect the public by ensuring solicitors meet high standards, and by acting when risks are identified. As a regulator we are transforming the regulatory landscape with risk-based, outcomes-focused regulation. As well as this, alternative business structures are changing the way solicitors are regulated and the structure of business ownership. We moved to our new offices in Birmingham in September 2012.

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Northumberland is England’s most northerly county, with a population of around 310,000 people living in rural and urban areas. The vision for Northumberland is ‘leading Northumberland to a greater future’. This will be achieved by:
• leading locally
• embracing unity
• looking outwards.
The council provides and commissions a wide range of services focusing on areas such as education, social care, housing, public health and public protection, local services, culture and tourism, libraries and leisure.

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We are the largest and most diverse employer in West Wales, providing services to a rural population of 180,500. The leisure centre that keeps us fit, the collection of our household recycling, our local schools, our care services, hygiene standards in our local restaurants and shops, the range of reference materials in our local library – all of these things and many more are our council’s responsibility.

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We have clients throughout the world. They range from governments to entrepreneurs, from funds to leading banks, from retailers to entertainment companies and from diversified industrial conglomerates to Premier League football clubs. We have offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong and Beijing. We also work closely with leading independent law firms around the world – these are our ‘Best Friend Firms’. We work in seamless integrated teams with the best lawyers around the world.

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Tate’s mission is to promote public knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of British, modern and contemporary art by facilitating extraordinary experiences between people and art – through our collection and an inspiring programme of events and exhibitions both in and well beyond our galleries. We do this by bringing a contemporary perspective to all that we do, and inviting debate and exchange centred on art.

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We want Scotland to be recognised as a leading creative nation – one that attracts, develops and retains talent, where the arts and the creative industries are supported and celebrated and their economic contribution fully captured, a nation where the arts and creativity play a central part in the lives, education and well-being of the people of Scotland.

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Our mission is ‘building communities, supporting neighbourhoods, improving people’s lives’. We achieve this through providing great homes and customer-centred services, helping to create great neighbourhoods, and supporting people’s well-being and independence. We offer over 2,800 homes for rent to single people, couples, sharers, families and older people. We also provide a range of housing and support services including regeneration, refugee support, money advice, housing development, home improvements and tenancy management.

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Since then, we’ve become one of the biggest and best-performing social housing companies in the country. We take care of 42,000 homes all over Sheffield, and we’ve twice been awarded the top three-star rating from the Government Housing Inspectorate. Our purpose is to provide excellent homes and housing services to all communities. Our values are being fair, open, committed, understanding and supportive.

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Our customers are very much in the driving seat when it comes to shaping our services and will remain at the heart of the organisation as we continue to grow and develop.

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As well as being a leading social landlord, we have our own in-house maintenance company and a company specialising in homes for affordable and intermediate market rent. We believe we are more than just a landlord; we work in our communities to improve neighbourhoods and make the North West a better place to live.

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Phoenix is a not-for-profit housing association and manages over 6,500 homes. It came into existence after stock transfer from Lewisham Council in 2007, following a positive ballot of all tenants. Phoenix is one of only four community gateways in England, and what differentiates us is that we are membership-based. The focus for our business is on delivering excellent customer service. We have some of the most deprived but also vibrant local areas, and we support our residents to give their best to improve their community.

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We started in 1963 with the aim of giving people living in the slums of racketeering landlords a better and fairer alternative. These days we do more than give people a lovely home, be that through our housing or home ownership offers. We want our homes to be a springboard to a better life, therefore we work with our customers to build the skills and confidence they need to get a good job, and we help them think about their long-term goals and how to get there. We also provide care and support services promoting dignity and independent living.

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Hastoe provides and manages new homes for rent, shared ownership and sale with over 4,500 homes in its portfolio. We have two approaches: one which focuses on residents in rural communities and the other which serves those in towns. We operate on a not-for-profit basis and are the Homes and Communities Agency’s leading investment partner specialising in rural development. Our vision is to lead in the creation of sustainable homes and sustainable communities.

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We provide a service in 24 local authority areas to customers living in a range of accommodation including amenity, sheltered, very sheltered and general needs housing. We have more than 5,000 residential properties under management in both the rented and owner-occupied sectors.

We also provide a range of services including telecare, care at home, property management and housing support services. We’re very proud to have been voted one of Scotland’s best workplaces in the 2011 and 2012 Great Places to Work Awards.

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We are more than just a housing association. ‘Community gateway’ means that residents can have a greater influence than is usual in the decision making of the organisation. Happy and fulfilled staff members are key to Greenfields and we were the proud receivers of the Investors in People ‘gold’ standard in 2011 because of how many people at Greenfields described feeling valued and having a strong commitment and real passion for the job. In 2011 we also received a National Training Award for our approach towards, and cultural change for, customer service.

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We have three stars in the Best Companies To Work For accreditation, were number 10 in the 2012 Sunday Times Top 100 Best Organisations to Work For, and are in the top 25% of landlords for resident satisfaction with services overall and with repairs and maintenance specifically. We aim to provide services which maintain homes, support tenants and build better communities.

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We are a family of seven organisations which work together to provide 11,000 homes and a range of services, including care and support to about 40,000 people across the Midlands and beyond. We employ around 1,700 people. The group is not-for-profit and specialises in involving customers and communities in shaping the homes and services it provides. All group members share the same overall mission and values while retaining their own identity, governance structures and ethos and contributing their unique skills and expertise to the wider group.

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Working at the heart of the health service, we deliver services critical to frontline patient care and in support of the efficient and effective operation of NHS Scotland.

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Northumbria Probation Trust operates under the overall direction of the Ministry of Justice. We undertake structured work with offenders to ensure their proper punishment and to reduce the likelihood of re-offending. Our offender managers oversee an offender’s sentence from beginning to end, undertaking risk assessments and developing a comprehensive sentence plan. Work with offenders can include one-to-one supervision, group work and community payback. We work with the police, prisons and courts and play a leading role in protecting the public.

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Each year we supervise around 4,000 offenders, providing them with probation supervision, offender programmes, unpaid work and specialist support services which can help them stop re-offending. We work in partnership with other agencies such as police, prisons, courts, local authorities, health, education, housing and the voluntary sector. We have a particular focus on partnership work with our communities in order to support the rehabilitation and effective management of offenders in the community.

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We work closely with partners in the criminal justice system to protect the public and reduce re-offending. The purpose of our work with offenders is to punish, help, change and – where necessary – control. The aim of this work is to reduce the risk that offenders will re-offend, and thereby to protect the public.

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We deliver integrated healthcare services across acute and community settings in North Tyneside and Northumberland. In addition, we provide adult social care in Northumberland. Our vision is to improve people’s health and well-being by providing world-class care, from prevention through to the management of long-term conditions. We are committed to putting our patients and service users at the centre of our delivery, wherever they receive care, through using integrated pathways.

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We promote well-being and recovery with a positive approach to partnership working and being part of the communities we serve. As well as providing mental health services across the two counties, we have drug and alcohol teams and provide support for people with learning difficulties in some areas.

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Shetland lies in the North Sea, almost exactly at the centre of a triangle with Norway, Faroe and Scotland. There are 100 islands, 15 of which are inhabited. NHS Shetland provides healthcare facilities for the people who live here as well as the transient population based on the North Sea oil rigs, fishing boats, etc. A range of in-patient, day patient, out-patient, accident & emergency and community-based services are provided at two hospitals, 10 health centres and a number of other locations throughout the islands.

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Shetland lies in the North Sea, almost exactly at the centre of a triangle with Norway, Faroe and Scotland. There are 100 islands, 15 of which are inhabited. NHS Shetland provides healthcare facilities for the people who live here as well as the transient population based on the North Sea oil rigs, fishing boats, etc. A range of in-patient, day patient, out-patient, accident & emergency and community-based services are provided at two hospitals, 10 health centres and a number of other locations throughout the islands.

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We are an arm’s length body of the Department of Health and our staff are based at various locations across England including Coventry, Eastbourne, Fleetwood, London, Middlebrook, Newcastle upon Tyne and Wakefield. Our service portfolio includes managing the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) scheme, a range of health benefit schemes, the NHS student and social work bursary schemes, the NHS pension scheme and injury benefit scheme, in addition to payments to pharmacists for prescriptions and dentists for work undertaken on NHS contracts.

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We provide a wide spectrum of services to meet the needs of adults of working age and older adults in Manchester. We provide care from hospital sites in North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital. We also have community teams who look after the recovery of service users in their own homes. Recently we have gained many public health services that have added quality support to looking after the physical health of our service users.

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We serve a wide area across East Kent and have three large hospital sites based at Canterbury, Margate and Ashford as well as two smaller local hospitals at Dover and Folkestone.

We strive to be an employer of choice, valuing and respecting the diversity of our workforce and that of the population that we serve. We operate a broad spectrum of services from accident and emergency to services that see patients in their own homes, and are proud to be pioneers of new leading services including the use of high-tech robotics for complex surgical treatments.

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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) provides mental health, addiction, learning disability, community health and prison primary care services to one of the most diverse areas of London. The trust has over 5,000 employees and more than 100 sites serving a population of 2.5 million with over 100 first languages spoken. We provide in-patient, rehabilitation and community services. If you want to practise health and social care in a diverse setting, CNWL is the employer for you.

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Our job is to make sure that care provided by hospitals, dentists, ambulances, care homes and services in people’s own homes and elsewhere meets government standards of quality and safety. We register care services that meet the standards, inspect them to check that they continue to do so, and take action when they don’t.

We also make sure that mental health law is used correctly and that patients are cared for properly while they are detained in hospital or are on a community treatment order.

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We serve a catchment area of about 380,000 people and we’re growing. We value and respect our staff and our community and provide a range of services, including paediatrics, maternity and acute adult care. We are proud to be where we are today and welcome opportunities to develop ourselves further by attracting the right workforce to serve our communities.

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For most students in the UK we provide loans to help cover their living costs, as well as loans for their tuition fees. We pay the maintenance loans directly into their bank accounts at the start of each term (monthly for students in Scotland), and the tuition fees direct to their college or university.

In 2010/11, we paid out £5.5 billion in loans and grants to more than 1.3 million customers throughout the UK and £2.7 billion in tuition fees to colleges and universities. And in partnership with HMRC, we collected £1.3 billion in repayments from customers, mainly from the 2009/10 tax year.

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As an awarding body, we work with schools, colleges, universities, industry and government to provide high-quality, flexible and relevant qualifications. We strive to ensure that our qualifications are inclusive and accessible to all, that they recognise the achievements of learners and provide clear pathways to further learning or employment. In our accreditation role, we accredit vocational qualifications that are offered across Scotland, including Scottish Vocational Qualifications and approve bodies that wish to award them.

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Skills Development Scotland seeks to create a more skilled and economically vibrant Scotland which can successfully compete in UK and worldwide markets.It’s our job to help individuals make decisions about work, skills and learning; whether it’s further or higher education, changing career or trying to get a job, we have the expertise to help individuals make well-informed decisions. We also support employers to be more successful through skills development and work with partners to enhance Scotland’s sustainable economic workforce.

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We want to stimulate economic growth by delivering dedicated support to companies, locally, nationally and internationally. This support will include tailored products for businesses of all sizes. Working with partners, we will create a low-carbon business environment within Scotland and improve Scotland’s business infrastructure so that we have a great business environment for companies to grow and attract investment.

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We do this by providing advice on, and caring for, historic places. We encourage people to enjoy and understand them, so that they in turn value and want to care for them.

Our activities include advising government on which parts of our heritage are nationally important and local authorities on managing changes that may affect it. We care for the National Heritage Collection of historical places and archives. Through this collection, our events and publications we educate and entertain the public and encourage investment in heritage at risk.

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Most people in Britain come into contact with Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) at some point in their lives. DWP supports its ministers in developing and implementing policies and strategies aimed at: people who receive benefit; people who need help to get work; disabled people; older people; people who get the state pension. DWP delivers its customer services through three operational organisations: Jobcentre Plus, The Pension Service and Disability and Carers Service.

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Our business is cultural relations. Working through the areas of arts, education and society and English we try to build trust and understanding between people in different countries. We develop relationships with individuals and with organisations and governments to provide mutual benefit and promote a wider knowledge of the UK and the English language. Working with us offers a unique opportunity to gain experience and develop skills in cultural relations.

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Our vision is for an ambulance service for the people of Wales which delivers high-quality care, wherever and whenever it is needed. We provide two types of service – emergency care and planned patient care services. Our diverse area encompasses tranquil rural retreats, busy seaside resorts and large urban cities. Our varied and modernising services are tailor‐made for each community’s differing environmental medical needs, from rapid‐response cars to emergency ambulances, to paramedics on the road and nurses in our clinical contact centres.

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Our objectives focus on how we work with our partners and the community in order to make our neighbourhoods safer, cut crime and deliver a high quality of service to all of the community as well as value for money. We have a vast variety of policing and support roles which all contribute to the overall objective of policing the Thames Valley with pride, confidence and integrity.

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Our vision is to make London the safest major city in the world. Working for the MPS is a unique job with unique demands, particularly in a city such as London. In any of our roles you’ll be expected to work to: increase public confidence and satisfaction; prevent and reduce crime, disorder and vulnerability; increase safety and security; improve quality of service and to be efficient and effective.

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Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service (MFRS) is about safer, stronger communities; safe effective firefighters. Along with responding to emergencies like fires, floods and road traffic accidents our firefighters engage with local communities to prevent fires and save lives by making our communities safer, stronger and healthier.

We recognise the unique skills and abilities of our employees, and have teams specialising in areas such as urban search and rescue, threat response and fire investigation. We also have non-firefighting opportunities in many professional and technical roles.

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The City of London is the world’s leading international financial and business centre that experiences an influx of hundreds of thousands of workers every weekday and has around 9,000 permanent residents. The force is committed to fighting crime at all levels and while we fulfil a national role as the police service lead for tackling economic crime, our local role is no less important.

The force delivers a high standard of service that is valued by those who work, live in or visit the City of London but this can only be achieved with officers, support staff, special constables and volunteers who engage with and reflect the diversity of the communities we protect and serve.

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We are an innovative and high-performing organisation, named as Fire Service of the Year 2011. We have 24 community fire stations and a headquarters and training site covering the four council areas of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington. Last year we attended over 9,000 incidents, including fires, floods, rescues and road traffic collisions. We also undertake a range of groundbreaking community safety activities. Our vision is for a Cheshire where there are no deaths, injuries or damage from fires or other emergencies.

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Our expertise is helping to transform individuals and communities through excellent teaching, research, innovation and engagement. Our campus is at the heart of a £650 million regeneration scheme – and with the MediaCityUK, Salford and adjoining Manchester, is an exciting place to be. Welfare is at the forefront of this transformation, leading the way in areas such as health, energy, media and the built environment. Our 20,000 students contribute enormously to the local economy and the courses they study on are designed with employment in mind.

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Kent makes a major economic, social and cultural contribution by providing excellent opportunities in higher education for the most able students, regardless of social and educational disadvantage. We undertake innovative, world-leading research and lead innovation, enterprise and creative activities in the region. We are committed to the creation and support of a balanced, inclusive and diverse community which is open and accessible to all students, staff, visitors and members of the public.

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Voted best university in London for teaching excellence in 2011, the University of Greenwich is a large university with strong regional, national and international links, and a reputation for excellence in applied research. We offer high-tech facilities in science, engineering, pharmacy and natural resources research, as well as excellent teaching facilities. The university is proud of its culturally diverse staff and student body, and its commitment to the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme.

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We provide education to around 11,000 students. We are one of the UK’s most internationally diverse campus universities with students drawn from over 130 countries. Our four faculties oversee teaching, academic development and research in our schools and departments, while developing strong partnerships with business and industry. In 2014 we will celebrate our 50th anniversary and we are looking to the future by investing £200 million in improving facilities at our three campuses.

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Our 22 schools, spread across three colleges, provide an excellent learning experience to nearly 30,000 students each year. As a member of staff, you will not only be part of one of the world’s leading universities, contributing to the student experience, but also part of one of the top employers in Edinburgh. Aspiring to be a place of first choice for some of the world’s most talented students and staff, we are committed to developing a positive and inclusive culture, where all staff and students are able to develop to their full potential.

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The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with more than 28,000 students from over 120 countries worldwide. Our vision is to be an enterprising, international university bringing transformational opportunities to individuals, communities and businesses in our region through diversity, partnership and excellence in teaching and research. We have successfully embedded good practice as demanded by various quality assurance awards, including customer service excellence, Investors In People and the Positive about Disability Kitemark.

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The university provides nearly 300 study programmes at undergraduate level as well as short courses, foundation degrees and postgraduate degrees. We are currently helping over 24,800 students from 146 countries to fulfil their potential. We are a supportive, vibrant and fun place to work, providing our staff with all the training and development they need for a fantastic career.

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At the heart of the University of Chester’s vision is our commitment to:

• ensuring a rewarding student learning experience

• teaching excellence and our growing staff research profile

• developing the expertise of our staff

• impacting positively on the lives of our students, staff, wider community and beyond.

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Swansea University provides an enviable working environment that allows staff to fulfil their professional potential. The university provides education to approximately 20,000 students on a wide range of degrees. Set in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay on the edge of the breathtaking Gower Peninsula, Swansea’s multicultural campus community provides a global perspective and opportunities to gain invaluable skills.

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QM is one of the biggest University of London colleges. We teach and research across a wide range of subjects in humanities, social sciences, law, medicine and dentistry, and science and engineering. The college has an LGBT staff network, inclusive policies and generous benefits. Students also have an active LGBT society and dedicated officer.

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New College Nottingham (ncn) is an integral part of Nottingham’s community. Courses are offered at a variety of levels, from entry through to degree-level study and across an extensive range of subject areas.

The size and diversity of the college ensures an interesting student mix reflecting a broad range of cultures, backgrounds and ages. As well as attracting students from the greater Nottingham area and the East Midlands, many international students also attend, adding to the vibrant, cosmopolitan atmosphere.

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We provide education and training for students aged from 14 upwards. We offer vocational qualifications alongside our sixth form centre and an expanding range of degree-level qualifications. We also offer business training to employers, with on- and off-site courses to meet their needs. Our community-based training teaches work skills to local people to help them gain employment. In partnership with Sefton Council, we also provide specialist education for young people with learning difficulties and/or physical disabilities.

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Gloucestershire College is a successful college of further and higher education in Gloucestershire with three main campuses in Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. The college offers a wide range of education and training programmes, including A-levels and GCSEs, apprenticeships, vocational qualifications, work-based learning, basic skills courses, higher education, short courses for business, part-time day and evening courses and English for overseas students. www.gloscol.ac.uk.

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Based in the North East of England, we offer further education to 16–18-year-olds, higher education, apprenticeships, part-time adult learning and training for employers. We’ve invested £75 million into the development of six state-of-the-art campuses, which enable the delivery of academic and vocational courses to the highest level. We are transforming Gateshead to become an entrepreneurial college where our students learn in new ways, giving them the right skills and can-do attitude to succeed in a challenging economic climate.

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Students and staff alike find our new state-of-the-art campus the perfect environment to stimulate learning and socialise in safe surroundings. Our latest Ofsted inspection found ‘The promotion of equality and diversity enjoys a high profile in the college; learners demonstrate mutual respect and make a significant contribution to the relaxed, yet industrious, atmosphere’. We believe in unlocking potential and fulfilling ambition through learning – for both students and staff.

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Creative Skillset is a licensed sector skills council. We help the UK creative industries to be world-beating by leading the sector’s skills and talent drive. We are an industry-owned organisation that actively involves trade unions, professional bodies and other stakeholders to address skills issues in our industries. We are the leading producer of labour market information on the creative industries and we use this intelligence, as well as close consultation with our industries, to inform all the work we do.

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Our aim is to be excellent in everything we do; we are committed to providing an environment where all individuals, both students and staff, are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Around 10,000 students choose our high-quality courses every year to help them achieve their career and life goals. We offer a wide range of full-time and part-time courses, from beginner to degree level and students can study with us during the day or in the evening.

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City of Glasgow College is committed to developing an organisational culture which values people from all sections of society and the contribution that each individual can make. We are proud of the increasing diversity of our staff and students and offer a diverse learning community of some 135 different nationalities. The college now has a fantastic portfolio of over 2,600 courses across a wide variety of areas, which can be studied in various modes of attendance such as full-time, part-time, day release and distance learning.

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Buckinghamshire New University (Bucks) is committed to the personal and professional development of its employees. Setting the highest possible standards in equality and diversity, we aim to establish the university as a preferred employer able to recruit, select and retain talented people from all sections of the community. The aim of our people strategy is ‘having the right people at the right time, competent and motivated to deliver the goals of the organisation’.

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We operate worldwide to collect secret foreign intelligence to protect the security and economic well-being of the UK. Our headquarters are in Vauxhall, London and we also have people stationed across the world.

Regional instability, terrorism and the proliferation of weapons are some of the major challenges facing the world in the 21st century. At SIS, we help make sure the government has the right information to counter these threats effectively. Join us, and you’ll play a vital role in supporting this work.

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Estée Lauder Companies is one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world. It was founded by Estée Lauder, on the simple promise that ‘every woman can be beautiful’. The company has become synonymous with innovation in elegance, luxury and quality. Its beauty products are sold in more than 150 countries, spanning skincare, fragrance and haircare. Most of our 28 brands (which include Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone, Origins and Tommy Hilfiger) are positioned at the prestige end of the market.

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Santander is already one of the largest and most successful financial groups in the world. We have the ambition and drive to be the best – the best for both our customers and investors, and the best employer for our people. We’ve delivered consistently strong financial results at a time of unprecedented upheaval in both the global and UK markets. Our vision and aims are clear and we will achieve them by earning and keeping the trust of the public and our stakeholders.