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Careers Promotion DATE LOCATION TYPE OF EXHIBITION DETAILS
MNTB careers promotion covers
Feb 13 Glasgow Scotland’s Careers and Jobs For students to discuss careers at sea
a wide range of activities, using
14 Fair at SECC with shipping companies
the ‘Careers at Sea’ brand, with
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an accompanying website –
www.careersatsea.org. This
Feb 14 Blackpool Fleetwood Nautical Campus, For students to discuss careers at sea
last year has been particularly
College Open Day with shipping companies
exciting with The Merchant
Mar 4 Manchester UCAS Education Convention at M.C.C.C. For students looking for university /
Navy Scottish TV series, a new 5 post-school options
CDRom and the appointment
Mar 11 Belfast UCAS Education Convention For students looking for university /
of Beth Richmond, our full time
12 at The Kings Hall post-school option
careers co-ordinator, who will
be taking all our careers work
Mar 19 Exeter UCAS Education Convention For students looking for university /
forwards, ably assisted on a
at The Westpoint Arena post-school options
part-time basis by Bill Northrop.
Mar 28 Liverpool Liverpool John Moores For students to discuss careers at sea
University Open Day with shipping companies
Careers Events
The annual list of careers
Mar 31 London UCAS Education Convention at For students looking for university /
Apr 1 The National Hall Olympia post-school options
events that Beth Richmond
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will be managing can be seen
in the following table. She will
Apr 24 Cardiff UCAS Education Convention at UWIC For students looking for university /
also be updating our careers
National Indoor Athletics Centre post-school options
brochures and developing new
Apr 30 Newcastle UCAS Education Convention For students looking for university /
leafl ets covering the degree-
at Metro Radio Arena post-school options
level courses, HNC and
HND courses, and covering
June 29 Bath UCAS Education Convention at For students looking for university /
deck, engineering and ETO
30 Bath University Sports Training Village post-school options
opportunities. July 23 Sheffi eld UCAS Education Convention at For students looking for
Sheffi eld Arena university / post-school options
The Merchant Navy
TV Series Careers Events 2008-2009
We are particularly pleased to
have managed the Scottish
Television (STV) six-part
TV series The Merchant that the general public would
Navy, which was broadcast receive prime time TV exposure
in Scotland last October/ to the Merchant Navy. The
November. With sponsorship series is available for viewing at
from the Maritime Education http://www2.stv.tv/content/
Foundation and three major tv/featuredprogrammes/the_
shipping companies – BP merchant_navy/index.html/
Shipping, Maersk and P&O
Cruises, the series has been In addition the MNTB has
a major success. STV has DVDs of the series, courtesy
already sold it to Poland, with of the Department for
sales to Finland and Australia Transport for the production
in the pipeline, along with costs. The DVDs are available
potential sales to another free of charge to Chamber
dozen or so digital channels. members, and we are also
Of course, the best news providing them to the nautical
would be for it to be shown on colleges and universities, as
national TV, which all depends well as industry organisations.
on the series being bought They will be very useful for
by Channel 4 or 5 – the most information and promotion
likely to take it. Indeed, there purposes. Please let us know
are some discussions taking if you would like further copies.
place with STV about a second
series, in conjunction with The MNTB is indebted to Colin
Channel 5. This would mean McMurray, the General Manager TV series website homepage
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