by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
GRADUATE FOG DISMAYED AS LIBERAL, LEFTIE NEWSPAPER FAILS TO CONDEMN WORK-FOR-FREE-FIRST CULTURE I fear something is very, very wrong at the Observer. Barbara Ellen’s column this weekend (‘Hey intern, get me a coffee and stop whingeing’) was a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
WORRYING RISE IN BRAIN-BOOSTING DRUGS IN UK UNIVERSITIES, EXPERT REPORTS Disturbing rumours are buzzing around that students are now so anxious about their future they’re using drugs designed to treat ADHD and Alzheimer’s disease to give them the edge at...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
PAID-FOR PLACEMENTS TAKE BRITAIN BACK 30 YEARS, WARNS EXPERT A professor at the London School of Journalism has blasted the practice of paying for work placements, saying a financial trade in career opportunities is ‘unethical’ and gives poorer graduates...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
HAS BABY BOOMERS’ GOODY-GRAB LEFT THEIR KIDS FACING A BLEAK FUTURE? An article in this weekend’s Observer magazine claims the so-called ‘lost generation’ of graduates have been royally shafted – by your own parents. In the six-page...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
UNDERDOGS VICTORIOUS AS DUDE TELLS NEWSPAPER: “OLD CAREER ADVICE FAILS GRADUATE JOB-SEEKERS” Could a fresh batch of hate mail from crusty careers advisers be winging its way to Graduate Fog HQ? It looks likely – but I’m happy to take one for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
“Backlog” from Class of 2009 to pinch a quarter of 2010’s graduate vacancies, warns expert Sharpen your elbows — new figures say the stage is set for an undignified scramble for graduate jobs this summer. Students applying for graduate jobs in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
ANOTHER OUTRAGED CAREERS ADVISER INSISTS HIS PROFESSION IS ‘VERY, VERY INNOVATIVE’ DO YOU AGREE? Ooh, this is fun. Graduate Fog has received an email from another hopping mad university careers adviser (Regular readers will know that this is becoming a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
WE CAUSE TROUBLE BY CALLING CAREERS ADVISERS ‘OUT OF TOUCH’ (WHICH THEY ARE – OOH LOOK, WE DID IT AGAIN!) It seems that Graduate Fog is doing something right – my comments in last weekend’s Stella magazine (Sunday Telegraph) have ruffled...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
CULT CAREERS BOOK FEATURES IN ‘STELLA’ MAGAZINE Well, Dude is having a thoroughly lovely Sunday – enjoying a cup of coffee and a croissant and basking in the glory of starring in today’s Stella magazine (the style section of the Sunday...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Astounding but true – new figures show that almost a third of the UK’s small to medium sized businesses (SMEs*) don’t know the difference between basic qualifications attained through the country’s education system. Graduates seeking work will...
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