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14/01/2010
Graduate Opportunity
Unemployed graduates in NI could benefit from a unique initiative, the Graduate Acceleration Programme (GAP). It offers a work placement alongside further study, and it is hoped GAP will help them secure long-term employment.
GAP will provide graduates with employability skills and the much-needed experience that is often required to get a job.
The work placement lasts up to 26 weeks, during which graduates complete a project or piece of work while studying for one of two specially developed qualifications: the Graduate Certificate in Organisation and Management with Queen's University Belfast; or the Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice with the University of Ulster.
Employers who participate in GAP will not be required to pay a wage, as every graduate on the programme will continue to receive their current rate of benefit plus an additional £15.38 per week.
(BMCC/GK)
GAP will provide graduates with employability skills and the much-needed experience that is often required to get a job.
The work placement lasts up to 26 weeks, during which graduates complete a project or piece of work while studying for one of two specially developed qualifications: the Graduate Certificate in Organisation and Management with Queen's University Belfast; or the Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice with the University of Ulster.
Employers who participate in GAP will not be required to pay a wage, as every graduate on the programme will continue to receive their current rate of benefit plus an additional £15.38 per week.
(BMCC/GK)
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