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• Clifford Chance: Introduction to Finance and Capital Markets
  

  Here at Bright we promise to get you noticed and so we’re joining forces with Magic Circle Clifford Chance to do just that and hold a fantastic event aimed at any Bright Member due to graduate in 2015 with an interest in Commercial Law.

  It’s being held on Thursday 20^th June -  which is perfect timing as you’ll have survived your first round of uni exams intact so now’s your chance to bulk up your CV and make all that studying worth it.

  Heading the bill will be David Adams, with the impressive title of Global Head of Legal Education & Training for Clifford Chance – so the best placed p…

  → Read the full article Posted 17th May by brightnetwork
  
• Satisfied student? You will be!
  

  
  The subject of student fees has once again reared its ugly head as a new report for student satisfaction has been released by Which? and the snappily named Higher Education Policy  Institute. Unsurprisingly as fees have increased, so has satisfaction decreased- about three in ten students don’t think their course is value for money.

  This figure increases threefold for students who receive less contact time, and as an ex-humanities student myself I can see where they’re coming from. However it would be a mistake to equate contact time with quality education- that needs excellent resources…

  → Read the full article Posted 15th May by brightnetwork
  
• This week we tip our bowler hats to…
  

  Claude Fosse-Green, a pioneer of colour film in the UK, who’s 1927 film of London life has only just come to light. Depicting horse drawn carriages, old buses, the Tower of London and a teeming Thames, it’s fascinating stuff. So… if you’re interested in seeing what London looked like in the 1920s… watch his film now.

  BuzzFeed , who’ve published a hilarious article entitled ’21 Brilliant British People Problems’. It’s scarily accurate… and guaranteed to make you chuckle. Between us, we’ve done them all.

  Saatchi & Heckler who’ve created a brilliant short-film depicting th…

  → Read the full article Posted 14th May by brightnetwork
  
• 21st Century etiquette – the dos and don’ts of email
  

  We’ve all experienced it. That mini-breakdown that comes two seconds after hitting the ‘send’ button on your email, when you’ve realised there’s a horrendous typo in the subject line, or, you’ve sent it to the wrong person, or, you’ve forgotten to attach that all-important file.

  Indeed I’ve experienced it SO often in the past that it’s something of a joke amongst my friends and colleagues but with so many conversations and introductions taking place over email these days (especially in the business world) it’s really important to get emails right.

  And so… in an effort to he…

  → Read the full article Posted 14th May by Eloise Shuttleworth