Issue Number 04 | November 2019
PwC Careers
Visit
The
Business
Department
were
fortunate enough to
have PwC in for a
morning to speak to
Accounting, Business
Management
and
Administration senior
students. PwC is a
multinational
professional services
organisation,
they
provide services to
420 out of 500 Fortune
500 companies. Four
employees from a
variety of different
backgrounds
and
interesting
presentations about
their route into their
field and career with
PwC. The 4 attendees
were
Oliwia
Lewandoska
(audit
associate - centre of
excellence),
Alison
Crichton
(external
audit), Fraser Shields
(technology risk) and
Jamie
Lumsden
(external audit and
ex-Marr pupil).
The
session
was
designed to give
students a general
insight into the world
of business, enabling
them to work in
teams/pairs on case
study examples and
reflect
on
their
employability skills, as
well as finding out
more about their
career options, and
understanding where
they can go next if
they’d like to find out
more.
The
group
shared advice on
entering a career in
Finance and also
shared
information
about
Apprenticeships and
Insight
Weeks
available from the
organisation.
Students were offered
a business breakfast
before the event and
were able to ask
questions and offer
their ideas relating to
the tasks. For anyone
interested in any of
the career paths or
Insight
Weeks
available from PwC
please
see
the
Business Department.
You can find more
information in the
pictures below.
13
Computer
Science Week
Computer
Science
Education week was
9 th – 15 th December
2019. All S1 pupils
participated in an
hour of code. They
joined
millions
of
students in over 180
countries across the
world. CSEd week is
an annal programme
dedicated to inspiring
young people to take
an
interest
in
Computing Science.
This is supported by all
the
large
tech
companies including
Google and Microsoft
– try it yourself at
www.code.org