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From Trudeaumania to fuddle duddle: Canadian English additions to Oxford Dictionaries
Oxford Blog
With it sitting under the North American umbrella and sharing many words with American English, you might think Canadian English not so different from its southerly neighbour – not so!
Mar
06
2018
How language duped us into austerity
Zoe Williams
The same misleading metaphors are used again and again to talk about economic policy. We need a new frame
Feb
20
2018
How to Expand Your Vocabulary
David J Pfeiffer
Throughout the last few years I have invested a significant amount of effort into expanding my vocabulary. I have found some methods to be more effective than others, and outline the most effective methods I have found in this article.
Feb
17
2018
Business schools help alumni over career bumps
Miranda Green
Coaching is offered to former students who hit problems or want to make a change
Jan
10
2018
Stanford top in MBA ranking for jobs in finance
Laurent Ortmans
Alumni of California school achieve best salaries in high-paying sector
Dec
08
2017
All work and no play? The new ‘uni’ experience
Matthew Engel
Clark Kerr, president of the University of California in the years of campus turbulence in the 1960s, famously defined the secret of running a successful university as providing football for the alumni, parking for the academics and sex for the students.
Sep
12
2017
The 20 toughest UK job interview questions - From Tesla to Cond? Nast to British Airways
Zlata Rodionova
Glassdoor scoured hundreds of thousands of interview questions shared by candidates on the website over the past year
Jul
06
2017
How to improve your business networking game
Heidi Scrimgeour
Are you a small business owner who has trouble working the circuit? Don’t treat everybody like a potential deal and focus on building trusted relationships, advise these experts.
Jun
19
2017
When is it appropriate to reply all? Mostly never
Elle Hunt
When responding to an email, 20 years of cautionary tales prove there is a crucial difference between “reply” and “reply all”. So when should you use the latter?
May
17
2017
Why we should no longer see our careers as ladders
Rosie Murray-West
Whether you see it as a greasy pole to conquer, a ladder to climb or a glass ceiling to smash, all the metaphors surrounding career advancement echo the idea that your job must be an upward progression.
Mar
31
2017