0510 Leeds Metropolitan Students Win With Aviva

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May 2010For immediate release

Leeds Metropolitan students win with Aviva

Leeds Metropolitan University students have fought off stiff competition to win

gold, silver and bronze in the Aviva Future Adviser Programme.

The programme, which was launched last year, is designed to encourage

high-quality graduates to enter the financial advice profession. Students were

asked to write an article on an issue facing the financial advice sector, with

ten gold winners and ten silver runners-up each receiving a prize of £500.

Meanwhile, along with a further 15 bronze runners-up, students will be givenaccess to Aviva's Financial Adviser Academy and supported to continue a

career in financial services.

Angela Seymour-Jackson, intermediary and partnerships director at Aviva,

said: "The Aviva Future Adviser Programme makes it easier for quality firms

to attract high-calibre graduates through raising the profile of the sector and

encouraging graduates to pursue a career in financial advice. The Future

Adviser Programme aims to prepare graduates to get off to a dynamic and

successful start with a quality advisory firm."

The gold winning students from Leeds Metropolitan were Sara Abdolzadeh

and Georgina Hemingway, BA (Hons) Business Studies students. The four

silver winners were: Rachel Dobson, Sophie Nugent, David Young and Alfaiz

Vaya. Two students also took home the bronze: Gurdeep Virdee and Sajib

Chandra Ray.



Georgina Hemingway, a gold winner, commented on her success: "The Aviva

future adviser programme is a fantastic competition and offers an invaluable

opportunity to gain real insight into the financial advisor profession. Being a

gold winner is fantastic and I'm really looking forward to the internship in July."

Val Finnigan, Leeds Metropolitan University Teacher Fellow and Enterprise

Project Leader, commented: "It has been a thrill to work with Aviva on this

project. The company is clearly committed to working with our University in

bringing in the next generation of talent into the Financial Advisor profession.

"This is a unique internship programme which has been recognised in the

financial world. We will look forward to seeing how the students progress and

the possibility of working with Aviva again."

Ends

For further details please contact Carrie Braithwaite in the News and Media

team on 0113 812 3022 or email [email protected]

Notes for editors:

• Leeds Metropolitan University has 30,000 students and over 300,000

associate students through its partnerships with 24 colleges.

• The University has achieved its best ever Research Assessment

Exercise results. Sports-Related Studies is in the top 6 institutions in

the country with research rated at the highest levels of 4* and 3*.• The University’s award-winning learning environments include the

iconic Rose Bowl building, awarded Best Commercial Property

Development in the 2009 Yorkshire Property Awards; Broadcasting

Place, winner of the 2010 Leeds Architecture Awards New Building

category and the pioneering Carnegie Village student accommodation.

• Leeds Metropolitan is one of only a handful of UK universities to have

been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.

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• The University is home to The UK Centre for Coaching Excellence for

sport and disability sport and is 3rd in the British University and

Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings.

Aviva:

• The universities backing the programme include Warwick University,

Imperial College London, Southampton University, Manchester

Metropolitan University, Sheffield Hallam University, Leeds

Metropolitan University and the University of East Anglia.

• The Aviva Future Adviser Programme was launched last year and is

designed to encourage high-quality graduates to enter the financial

advice profession.

• The Aviva Future Adviser Programme, 35 business undergraduates

from seven leading universities have been selected to attend a two-day

assessment centre. The top 10 ‘gold' finalists will join a six-week

summer internship with Aviva and leading adviser firms.

• Ten gold winners and 10 silver runners-up will each receive a prize of

£500. Along with a further 15 bronze runners-up, students will be given

access to Aviva's Financial Adviser Academy and supported to

continue a career in financial services.

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