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The Student Protests

The Metro on Friday ran with the headline “Anarchy in the UK”, though you can’t help but feel if Prince Charles’ car wasn’t damaged as part of the protests the headlines might have been much less b...

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The Real World: A Year In Industry

The new academic year is upon us once again, which means that students from up and down the country will be enduring the dreaded welcome lectures whilst suffering from Fresher’s Flu. And if your course allows the option, you ...

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Gradfutures Review …

I’ve graduated. I’m looking for graduate roles. I’ve signed up to graduate job websites. I’ve been irritated by the impersonal nature of graduate job websites (let’s call them gmonster, greed, ggraduatejobs. Supersecr...

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Freshers: What You Should Know About Graduate Jobs

Targetjobs have done a great little article on what Freshers need to know about landing Graduate Jobs. Yes it’s probably the last thing on your minds at the moment with Freshers just weeks away, but it’s definitely ...

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Is Facebook Making You Fail?

This morning the Telegraph reported on a study in the US of 219 students that has shown on average, Facebook users scored 20% less than those without an account. Psychologists are claiming that these findings question the belie...

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Student Bank Accounts 2010

The Guardian has done a great overview of this years student bank account deals from all the major players, as well as a handy list of things you should consider when choosing yours … Here’s a brief rundown of this ...

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Going Through Clearing in 2010

Undergraduates this year are facing tougher times than ever – with an 11.6% increase in applications on last year and an expected 170,000 students not being able to land a place at university. The Independent outlines you...

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Unpaid Internships: What’s The Deal?

Kayte Lawton who works at the Institute for Public Policy Research has done an interesting Q&A over at BBC News and claims that unpaid volunteers on internships could be entitled to wages – including back pay for any ...

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Two Year Degrees?

During his ‘Grad Tax’ speech, Vince Cable suggested the idea of two year degrees, cutting the amount of loans supported by the taxpayer who currently foot the bill for student tuition fees. One argument here is why ...

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University League Tables 2011

The Guardian has posted the 2011 University league tables, they’re unique as they’re weighted heavily on satisfaction scores from students asked about 22 different areas of their university, and also go on to incl...

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Graduate Tax – Rejection?

Just days after the plans were announced, Vince Cable’s ‘Graduate Tax’ has supposedly been rejected, or at least it will be by the coalition government… There were three main issues: The unfairness o...

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Graduate Tax – What’s the deal?

Last week business secretary Vince Cable proposed a ‘Graduate Tax’ system to replace tuition fees aiming to make our student funding system fairer and more sustainable. The issue is pretty complex but here’s t...

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The Student Protests

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The Real World: A Year In Industry

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Seven Pretty Awesome Jack-O-Lantern Ideas

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Societies: Why You Should Get Involved

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University Clothing Essentials