Open to penultimate year students
studying all arts and humanities degrees
We're searching the best universities in the UK to find the outstanding Arts and Humanities undergraduate. We're looking for a winning mix of personal skills, career motivation and an excellent academic record – plus the imagination, creativity and communication skills that arts and humanities students are famous for. The rewards are great: the winner will receive a guaranteed paid summer internship on the London-based Barclays Wealth Private Banking scheme (starting in June 2012), and a meeting with the CEO. He/she will collect the award at a gala event in Canary Wharf, London on 13 April, 2012.
Even if you don’t win, you still stand a chance of making the final shortlist of ten, all of whom will be royally looked after by the sponsor Barclays Wealth and invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in April as their guests.
So if you are a penultimate year undergraduate studying any arts and humanities degree, and you are curious about/passionate about the wealth management and finance industry...
And you have an exceptional academic profile, a minimum of 300 UCAS points and be expecting at least a 2.1. and have evidence of taking responsibility through extracurricular activities....
And you think you're the best arts and humanities undergraduate in the UK, click the big button below.
Closing date for entries
is 31 January 2012.
How do I win it then?
It’s not easy to win the Undergraduate of the Year Award and competition will be fierce. The process is demanding and only the truly outstanding and committed will make it to the last 10. There are three stages that you’ll have to get through.
Stage One:
Submit your personal data and answer special questions posed by the sponsor, Barclays Wealth.
Stage Two:
Complete four online tests designed exclusively by our partners SHL, the world’s leading assessment provider. The online assessment will take you around 90 minutes to complete and somewhere between 30 and 70 candidates will pass through to the next stage. The closing date for entry is 31 January 2012.
Stage Three:
The sponsor will seek to find a shortlist of ten from the undergraduates who pass the first two stages. This will be done in a variety of ways including telephone interviews, assessment centres and further tests (depending on the sponsor). The final shortlist of ten is invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 13 April where the winner will be announced.
Last year's winner
Angela Liu
Angela is now going into her third year reading History at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Out of term, she lives in Hatfield Garden Village, which is as small and peaceful as it sounds, so she keeps herself busy playing music and sports. She is an avid pianist and clarinettist, and a keen college rower. At university, she is involved in theatre, dance, and student journalism.
Tell me about Barclays Wealth
Barclays Wealth is a leading global wealth manager, and the UK’s largest, with total client assets of £170bn, as at 30 June 2011. With offices in over 20 countries, Barclays Wealth focuses on private and intermediary clients worldwide, providing international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary services and brokerage.
Barclays Wealth is the wealth management division of Barclays and we are working towards our mission of becoming the premier Global Wealth Manager. To support this mission we have developed a unique intern and graduate program which ensures we are able to develop top talent and equip them with the skills they need to become successful Private Bankers.
For more information on our intern and graduate schemes please visit www.barclayswealthgraduates.com.
