Grad Bites: Starting a Business for Global Graduates

 
Are you a languages student or graduate who would like to use your language in your career? Or do you want to work, teach, volunteer or study abroad? If you are interested in spending time abroad, either during your university course or after graduation, watch this short video about Global Graduates.
 
Lizzie Fane, Founder and Director, talks about her business, which encourages and supports students to become global graduates. She explains why she set it up, how she attracted her first users and financed the business, and how she is working towards her vision.
 

 

Grad Bites: Starting a Business for Global Graduates

 

 

About Lizzie Fane

Lizzie is Founder and Director of Global Graduates. She studied Italian and History of Art at The University of Edinburgh, which included a fulfilling, life-changing year studying and working in Florence. After leaving university, she set up Third Year Abroad, a platform to support students studying and working abroad and help solve the sort of problems she and her friends had experienced.
 
The company was relaunched as Global Graduates in 2016  and is now a community and website, which collates lots of information and job listings all in one place.
 

 

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Global Graduates
The platform & community help students become Global Graduates during & after their degree course, through studying abroad, volunteering, languages, work placements & international graduate jobs. Visit the site for jobs listings, blogs, advice & Q&A, to ease the process of studying & working abroad.

 

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UK’s biggest language event, for learners & teachers
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