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  • Graduate news - Part-time work recommended by universities
    11 May 2008

    Part-time work recommended by universities

    Some universities support the idea of students undertaking part-time work as they feel it can benefit an undergraduate's studies, one expert has said.

    Director of National Association of Student Employment Services, Alison Clark, noted that many students are working during term time and in the summer break, with many institutions backing the idea.

    'Some institutions feel that working no more than 15 hours per week during term time positively impacts a student's academic performance,' she said.

  • 24 April 2008

    Students advised to be careful about debt

    Graduate news - Students advised to be careful about debt

    The rising cost of borrowing via credit cards and personal loans could cause student debt to spiral out of control, a union representative warns.

    David Malcolm, Head of Social Policy at the National Union of Students, advised students to be very careful about the amount of borrowing they take on.

    He added that if students did find themselves in trouble with debt then they should seek help from university debt advisors as soon as possible.

  • Graduate news - It will be difficult to buy property, graduates told
    15 April 2008

    It will be difficult to buy property, graduates told

    Graduates have been warned by a financial expert that they are unlikely to get their foot on the first rung of the property ladder in the near future.

    University leavers are likely to find it increasingly hard to secure a mortgage in today's economic climate, the Executive Director of finance charity UNIAID, Alistair Lomax, claimed.

    And graduates are unlikely to be able to afford the cost of purchasing a home due to sky-high property prices, he said.

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