by Tanya de Grunwald | May 31, 2018 | Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
TOP LABOUR MP UNDER FIRE OVER YEAR-LONG PLACEMENT WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A JOB THAT SHOULD BE PAID * UPDATE 1: The Labour leader’s office has just emailed all Labour MPs to remind them not to hire unpaid interns * * UPDATE 2: This website’s comments picked up...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 23, 2018 | Graduate Jobs, Politicians, science and technology, student loan, Tuition fees, Universities
OR WOULD THIS PUSH POORER STUDENTS TOWARDS LOWER PAID CAREERS? Arts degrees should be cheaper than science degrees, as they are less likely to lead to the highest paid jobs, it has been suggested. In a speech earlier this week, Theresa May stunned her audience by...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 17, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Universities
SUSPICION GROWS THAT UNIVERSITIES ARE INFLATING RESULTS TO ATTRACT NEW STUDENTS Universities have been accused of deliberately inflating graduates’ degree grades in an effort to retain their league table ranking and attract more new students, as it emerged that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 29, 2017 | Tuition fees, Universities
HER PAY PACKET BALLOONED AS STUDENT DEBT DEEPENED The vice chancellor of the University of Bath has quit her £468,000 a year role, following criticism that her salary was ‘shameless and outrageous’. However, Dame Prof Glynis Breakwell, the UK’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 22, 2017 | Graduate unemployment, Tuition fees, Universities
WHY ALL UNIVERSITIES SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THIS EXTREME CASE The University of Oxford has been forced to defend its academic standards in the High Court, after a graduate claimed poor teaching resulted in him obtaining a “disappointing” low 2:1 degree,...
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 | 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 5, 2017 | graduate debt, student loan, Tuition fees, Universities
ROW EXPLODES OVER VICE-CHANCELLORS’ SOARING SALARIES The vice-chancellor of Oxford University has angrily denied that your tuition fees are being used to fund soaring executive salaries within higher education institutions, claiming wages for senior positions...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 2, 2017 | Money, student loan, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships
12-MONTH URBAN OUTFITTERS PLACEMENT IS LATEST EXAMPLE OF DOUBLE-CHARGING Universities and employers have come under fire from students and graduates who are angry about being forced to undertake long, unpaid student work placements with private companies as part of...
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