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 | Jul 24, 2017 | graduate debt, Politicians, Tuition fees
LABOUR LEADER NOW SAYS HE PROMISED TO ‘DEAL WITH IT’, NOT SCRAP IT Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that he never promised to scrap student debt, despite saying he would ‘deal with it’ during the General Election campaign. The news is likely to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 6, 2017 | average graduate salary, Banking, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages
GOT A FANCY GRADUATE JOB — OR INTERNING UNPAID? WHATEVER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WE SHOW GRADUATES WHERE TO PARK YOUR PENNIES If you’re job-hunting, interning or you’ve just started your first graduate job, does it really matter where you park your...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 17, 2016 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Money, Parents and family
EVEN THOSE IN WORK STAY WITH PARENTS TO SAVE CASH If you’re still living with your folks, you’re not the only one. Almost half of students who graduated since 2015 have not yet moved out and are still living at home with their parents, according to new...
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 23, 2016 | diversity, Law, Money, social mobility, student loan, Uncategorized, Universities
“COST OF QUALIFYING CREATES A HUGE SOCIAL MOBILITY CHALLENGE” WARNS TOP LAWYER Becoming a barrister will soon cost law graduates up to £127,000, according to new calculations by one of the UK’s most high profile lawyers. Will this huge price tag put...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 25, 2015 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, student loan, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages
HALF OF GRADUATES KNOW ONLY ‘ROUGHLY’ WHAT THEY OWE No idea how much student debt you have, how long it will take to pay back, or how much interest you’re being charged? You’re not alone. New research shows that six in ten graduates don’t...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 12, 2015 | average graduate salary, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Tuition fees, Wages
(AND NO, THEY DON’T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK WHEN THEY GRADUATE) Is it fair that students are burdened with the entire cost of their degree, when some of the world’s biggest firms also benefit – and profit – from that education? Professional...
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