Posts Tagged ‘ Credit Crunch ’

Scrap the MA and face the recession

May 31, 2009
By Alex Orton
Scrap the MA and face the recession

The current economic climate seems to be offering two options to people graduating this year: Job Centre or masters. Students are taking to the latter choice in droves, which is good from the government’s point of view because it means they’ll all be going cap in hand to their parents or the banks to round...
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Credit Crunch: Apocalypse, later…

March 1, 2009
By Duncan Robinson

As I’ve said before, the credit crunch really isn’t that bad for students. If you’re graduating in July, you will have some trouble finding a job. But, hey, use the gap to do something fun. Go teach scuba diving in Thailand. Go volunteer. Do an MA. Don’t sit there and sob because some God-awful...
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Chomp, Chomp, Chomp: Students and the Credit Crunch…

January 28, 2009
By Peter Starr

As has been noted on this blog before, the current financial situation and resulting credit crunch is a massive pile of dog mash for pretty much everyone. For us students over in university land this has meant shed loads of bad stuff. Obviously the lack of graduate jobs is worrying, but my main concerns...
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