Scrapping EMA will deter poorer school leavers from further education

Students living in low income households may be deterred from entering further education due to recent cuts within the sector. The government’s decision to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) which currently provides financial support for over 600,000 students each year, will have a major impact on school leavers from poorer backgrounds. School leavers living…

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Student protestors should learn lessons from Martin Luther King

As someone who has already accrued debts from student loans at undergraduate level en route to my PhD studentship, I fully support the decision by students across the country to demonstrate against tuition fee increases. Thousands of students who paid undergraduate fees at the current level of £3290 leave university with debts of £25,000. So…

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Young men facing the dole told to “think outside the box”

Young men facing unemployment have been advised to ‘think outside the box’ and consider self-employment to avoid the dole queue. Recent Figures from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) reveal one in five males aged between 18 and 24 are currently unemployed. According to the Princes Trust, youth unemployment in the UK costs…

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The future of news on the internet

Last year was the worst year for the newspaper industry with declining readership accelerating during the economic downturn, a new report by an economic think tank says.According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based in Brussels, only the US fared worse than the United Kingdom, with the downward development resulting in widespread…

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