A typical front page of The Gateway |
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| Type | Fortnightly newspaper during UK university term time |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Career Gateways Limited |
| Editor | Hannah Langworth |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Political alignment | Economic Liberalism |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | London United Kingdom |
| Circulation | c 30,000 |
| Official website | The Gateway |
The Gateway newspaper is a fortnightly business and careers newspaper, distributed at fifteen universities in the United Kingdom. First published at Oxford University in October 2007, The Gateway is often dubbed "the student FT" due to being printed on the same light salmon paper as the Financial Times. Published by Career Gateways Limited, The Gateway specialises in making the world of business and finance accessible to students keen to pursue a career in the city.[1]
The Gateway website was most recently relaunched in October 2011. It is updated daily with articles aimed at improving readers commercial awareness and providing advice on graduate jobs in business and finance.
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The Gateway was conceived by three Oxford University students, Mawuli Ladzekpo (Exeter College), Max Lewis (Pembroke College) and Chris Wilkinson (Lincoln College) in the summer of 2007. The trio aimed to fill the apparent niche for a publication that combined business and financial news with independent careers advice, and sought to take advantage of the growing graduate recruitment marketing industry that centered around Oxbridge.[2] The first issue of The Gateway was released on October 8th 2007 with a circulation of 6,000 at Oxford University.
In November of 2007, The Gateway received commercial backing when the London based boutique recruitment consultancy, OxbridgeGroup, bought a stake in Career Gateways Limited.[3] This injection of capital allowed for an increased distribution of The Gateway to include an additional fourteen universities in the United Kingdom. It also resulted in The Gateway shedding its student workforce recruited by its founders, to be replaced with a team of full-time staff based at The Gateway's headquarters in the London Docklands. The company remained managed, in part, by its student founders.
The Gateway is currently published independently from headquarters in central London.
The Gateway contains articles on a range of issues relevant to university students with an interest in business and finance. Content typically originates from a combination the publication's staff writers, industry experts, and student contributors.
The Gateway is distributed at fifteen universities in the United Kingdom, based loosely on the Russell Group.