by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 10, 2017 | Tuition fees, Universities
SIX UK UNIS WILL BE WARNED OVER FALSE OR VAGUE CLAIMS Universities are set to face stern warnings and hefty fines for making false or misleading claims about their institution’s academic record or prestige in order to entice perspective students to enrol. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 8, 2017 | Careers advice, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism
HAVE YOU BEEN OFFERED CAREER ADVICE, CONTACTS OR MENTORING – BUT FELT THERE WERE STRINGS ATTACHED? Established professionals with ulterior motives are “luring” vulnerable graduates with promises of career advice, mentoring and contacts, it has been...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 2, 2017 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes
HOW SMARTER TECH BENEFITS CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS EMPLOYERS If you’re busy applying for the big graduate schemes, the chances are you’ve already felt your fair share of frustration. Like the moment when you’ve already spent hours on an application...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2017 | Applications, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, London, Money
BANK LENDS ITS FLATS TO GRADUATES AS SHOCKING NEW STATS REVEAL TRUE COST OF JOB HUNTING Graduates hoping to attend a job interview in London, Manchester or Birmingham in November have been offered free city centre accommodation, thanks to Barclays. A spokesperson for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 24, 2017 | Politicians, Unpaid internships
UNPAID INTERNSHIPS ARE ALREADY ILLEGAL. WHY RISK CONFUSING THE ISSUE? By Tanya de Grunwald Fair internships campaigner and founder of Graduate Fog Could a new bill designed to improve interns’ chances of being paid for their work actually risk making things...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2017 | Arts and culture, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
FDI CAVES IN TO COMPLAINTS, AFTER PINEWOOD STUDIOS FAILS TO BACK YOUNG WORKERS A film company we challenged for advertising an unpaid PA role appears to have changed its mind and made the job a paid opportunity. The revelation comes despite a disappointing lack of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 9, 2017 | Careers advice, diversity, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, social mobility
YOU GET GREAT ADVICE — THEY PICK UP THE BILL! * UPDATE: OFFER EXTENDED – FOR A LIMITED PERIOD ONLY * Energy firm E.ON has become the first employer to fund a giveaway of Graduate Fog’s critically acclaimed job-hunting bible ‘How to get a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 5, 2017 | Arts and culture, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Media and journalism, social mobility, Universities, Unpaid internships
SEEN AN AD FOR A DODGY ROLE? SEND US THE LINK Desperate to break into the UK film and TV industry – but can’t afford to work for free? At Graduate Fog, we know that a general acceptance of unpaid work as a legitimate ‘way in’ to paid jobs is a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 2, 2017 | graduate debt, Money, student loan, Tuition fees, Universities
BUT DO THE CHANGES GO FAR ENOUGH TO HELP CASH-STRAPPED YOUNG WORKERS? Recent university graduates have been given some much-need breathing space after it was announced they will not have to start repaying their tuition fees until their annual salary reaches £25,000....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 21, 2017 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships
WORLD-FAMOUS HOME OF BRITISH CINEMA FAILS TO STEP UP WHEN IT COUNTS * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * The British film and TV industry is very good at scratching its head and claiming to be mystified by the causes of its massive diversity problem, declaring its commitment to...
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