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NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, RADIO, TV and WEB

Guardian
Liberal Democrats admit interns will not receive salary
19 April 2012, main news

Daily Mail
More than a third of graduates stuck in ‘low skilled’ jobs at time of rising unemployment
6 March 2012, main news

Guardian
A third of recent graduates in unskilled jobs
6 March 2012, main news

Huffington Post
Graduates paid more than school leavers, but still settling for lower-skilled jobs
6 March 2012

Guardian
Workfare that shames UK plc or a leftwing plot by the job snobs?
28 February 2012, main news

Daily Mail
Shocking truth about graduate unemployment
23 February 2012, main news

Guardian
Boris Johnson hires unpaid interns (third story down)
31 January 2012, Hugh Muir’s Diary

Guardian
The new rules of graduate job seeking
4 January 2012, Guardian Careers

Management Today
Workplace rights: Intern Iniquity
1 January 2012

The Stage
HMRC to investigate the X Factor over unpaid intern claims
12 December 2011

Digital Spy
‘X Factor’ to be investigated by tax officials over claims of unpaid intern use
10 December 2011

Guardian
X Factor faces investigation into claims of unpaid interns
10 December 2011, main news

Guardian
X Factor relies on unpaid interns
9 December 2011, Roy Greenslade’s Blog

Daily Mail
Fashion giants warned by the taxman: stop abusing your interns or face prison
9 December 2011, main news

Daily Mail
References “are not worth the paper they’re written on”
6 December 2011, main news

Guardian
However it’s dressed up, Vivienne Westwood’s interns need paying
24 November 2011, Hugh Muir’s Diary

Guardian
HMRC plans crackdown on fashion industry’s unpaid interns
17 November 2011, main news

Daily Mail
Youth unemployment crisis warning: A ‘lost generation’ blighted by debt, depression and self-loathing
17 November 2011, main news

Telegraph
CBI is caught down and out with the kidz
15 November 2011, City Diary

Huffington Post
Meet the Stockholm Syndrome Interns – Working for free, but definitely NOT exploited (they say)
11 November 2011

Channel 4 News *STAR STORY!*
Unpaid internships: Campaigners step up the fightback
3 November 2011

Guardian
Despair and desperation: the real story of youth unemployment in Britain
2 November 2011

New Scientist
Internships under the spotlight
2 November 2011

Guardian
MPs love unpaid interns
24 October 2011, Education

Personnel Today
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt criticised for recruiting unpaid interns
24 October 2011

Telegraph *STAR STORY!*
Cabinet minister under fire after advertising for unpaid interns
24 October 2011, main news

Guardian
Can online careers advice work?
21 October 2011, Education

Guardian
Jeremy Hunt recruits unpaid interns (second story down)
20 October 2011, Hugh Muir’s diary

Daily Mail
UK unemployment: Jobless total is the worst for 17 years
12 October, main news

Telegraph *STAR STORY!*
UK unemployment rockets past 2.5m to reach 17-year high
11 October 2011, main news

Daily Mail
‘Baby bust’ generation: Today’s young will end up 25% worse off than their boomer parents
11 October 2011, main news

BBC World Service
Newshour: Are unpaid internships exploitation?
9 October 2011

Observer *STAR STORY!*
Young, unpaid and angry: interns go online to campaign for a wage
9 October 2011, main news

Observer
No such thing as a free lunch? Tell that to the poor, unpaid intern who cooked it
9 October 2011, Comment is Free

Guardian
Youth joblessness highest since Tories last in power, new figures to reveal
8 October 2011

Guardian
150,000 social care workers paid below legal minimum wage, research reveals
3 October 2011, Main news

Daily Telegraph
Ben Elliot’s work to rule (scroll down to third story)
23 September, Diary page

Financial Times
Internships: ordeal or opportunity?
22 September 2011

HR Magazine
Campaign launched to name and shame employers that don’t pay interns
14 September 2011, main news

Personnel Today
Employees that exploit interns to be named and shamed
13 September 2011, main news

The Guardian *STAR STORY!*
How to make the most of an unpaid internship
10 September 2011, Work section (front page story)

New Scientist
How do I break into oil and gas?
30 August 2011, Graduate section

Daily Mail *STAR STORY!*
1 in 5 graduates is earning less than a school leaver
25 August 2011, main news

Evening Standard
Social networking is now being used to recruit staff
18 July 2011, main news

Guardian
Graduate jobs: advice from the experts
18 July 2011, G2

Guardian
Are the days of the unpaid intern over?
17 July 2011, Work section

Telegraph *STAR STORY!*
Tony Blair comes under fire for hiring unpaid interns
12 July 2011, main news

Daily Mail
You’ve been hired! Fury at BBC for offering jobs as prizes to unemployed in “cruel” gameshow
4 July 2011, main news

Sunday Express *STAR STORY!*
Fury over “cruel” BBC gameshow offering jobs as prizes
3 July 2011, main news – front page

Guardian
Poll: Should major charities offer unpaid internships?
1 July 2011, Guardian Professional

Guardian *STAR STORY!*
Are charities’ unpaid interns really ‘volunteers’?
28 June 2011, Comment is Free *Editor’s Pick*

Independent
Jobless young people – good for a laugh, eh
9 June 2011, Comment piece by Laurie Penny

New Scientist
The new rules of graduation
18 May 2011, Graduate Special

Guardian
Almost one in five British businesses admit using interns as cheap labour
28 April 2011, Money section

Guardian
Job hunting: forget a CV, you need the X Factor
12 Dec 2010, Work section

Guardian
Experts’ view: Rating universities by graduate employment prospects
29 October 2010, Guardian Careers

Guardian
The 1994 Group of universities advertises for unpaid volunteers
21 Sep 2010, Education section

Guardian
Get a third? Time to turn on the charm
11 Sep 2010, Work section

Guardian *STAR STORY!*
Internships: Institutional exploitation?
17 Aug 2010, Comment is Free *Editor’s Pick*

Scotsman
Insisting on a particular degree doesn’t guarantee the best person for the job
6 Jul 2010, main news

Scotsman
Dear Sir, Letter writing is a dying art. Faithfully yours
20 Jun 2010, main news

Scotsman
Why finding a job should be a career move for school leavers
16 Jun 2010, main news

Guardian *STAR STORY!*
Home Office cuts internship programme after students apply
15 Jun 2010, Guardian Careers

Guardian
Graduate View: The scrappage of Home Office intern scheme
15 Jun 2010, Guardian Careers

Guardian
Careers Talk
17 May 2010, Guardian Careers (Tanya’s segment starts 10 mins in)

Guardian
50 steps to finding a new job
8 May 2010, Work section

Guardian *STAR STORY!*
Graduates: a problem in four parts
18 Apr 2010, Comment is Free *Editor’s Pick*

BLOGS AND JOB WEBSITES

Harry’s Place
Harrods too tight to pay their interns (16 Nov 2010)

Graduate Slave Labour Required (21 Sep 2010)

GradJobs
Rejection hurts (feature)

And don’t forget…

There was life before Graduate Fog! When this site launched, Tanya and Dude, Where’s my Career? The Guide for Baffled Graduates had already appeared in the Times, the Independent, the Independent again, the Guardian, the Guardian again and the Scotsman. Who else loves Tanya and Dude?

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