by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2016 | Business, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships
PLACEMENT “PERFECT FOR A BUDDING JOURNALIST” (AS LONG AS THEY CAN PAY TO DO IT) Business newspaper City AM is offering a one-week internship at its London headquarters – but it is only open to those who can afford to pay at least £650 for the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 6, 2016 | Politicians, Unpaid internships
PROPOSALS GO UNHEARD AS EDUCATION SECRETARY’S TEAM SNUBS INVITATION TO PRESENT IDEAS * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * The head of the government department tasked with fixing social mobility in the UK has refused to meet campaigners for fair internships to discuss the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 2, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
CAMPAIGNERS INTERN AWARE EXPLAIN WHAT’S GOING ON Confused by talk of a new ‘ban’ on unpaid internships, since most of them are already illegal? We were too – so we asked our friends at Intern Aware to clarify. They’ve explained that there...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 27, 2016 | student loan, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships
ANGER GROWS AS ORGANISATION CONTINUES TO IGNORE CORE CAMPAIGN ISSUES There was a time when the National Union of Students (NUS) was a force to be reckoned with, campaigning hard on core issues affecting UK students. But is it still? Or is it now just a glorified...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 18, 2016 | Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
TWO-WEEK ‘GRUNT WORK’ ROLE COULD LEAD TO PAID WORK, SAYS OWNER A controversial, two-week internship at Heat magazine will go ahead as an unpaid position, a spokesperson has announced, despite outcry from young people who feel the role is just ‘grunt...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 11, 2016 | Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
BUT THEY CLAIM IT’S A CHANCE TO ‘SHADOW AND LEARN’ * OOH! THIS STORY HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY THE BBC AND THE GUARDIAN! * Heat magazine has angered young job seekers by advertising a “grunt work” placement in its fashion cupboard, paying...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 11, 2016 | Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
LORD BIRD ADMITS MISTAKE, TELLING CRITICS “YOU’RE DEAD RIGHT” UPDATE: THIS STORY PICKED UP BY THE BBC AND THE MAIL ONLINE! The founder of The Big Issue has responded brilliantly to a backlash after an advert appeared online for an unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 22, 2016 | Politicians, social mobility, Unpaid internships
ARTICLE INCLUDES GEMS SUCH AS ‘SOCIALIZE ON THE CHEAP’ AND ‘TAKE A PART-TIME JOB’ Ivanka Trump – the businesswoman and daughter of billionaire US Presidential candidate Donald Trump – has angered young Americans by tweeting a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2016 | Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Money, Public services, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘VOLUNTEER’ ROLES REPLACE SKILLED JOBS THAT ONCE PAID £19,000 NHS trusts around the UK are asking people to work for nothing – and dozens of adverts for unpaid positions have been discovered for roles that normally come with salaries of over £19,000....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2016 | Banking, Benefits and welfare, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
DOES CAREFREE SPENDING MASK DEEPER CONCERNS? OR ARE YOU JUST CHOOSING TO ENJOY LIFE NOW? Today’s skint graduates are baffling experts by exhibiting a ‘YOLO’ (you only live once) attitude to money, despite being among the most indebted generation ever...
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