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Clegg announces fight against unpaid internships »

Clegg launching his "Opening doors, breaking barriers" social mobility campaign

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched a social mobility strategy designed to halt the growing trend of unpaid internships, stating that people should gain opportunities based on “what they know”, not who they know. Deputy Leade...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Unpaid, Unfair »

Internships

I graduated with a 2:1 in History in 2008. It took me over a year after graduating to find my first paid job: temp work with a charity in London. In between I applied for dozens of jobs, spent weeks on work experience placements and cut my teeth in the...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Alex Try | Read more »

The intern's rise and fall »

‘Efficiency savings’ is a peculiar phrase; one that has recently been twirling on the tongues of many government officials and chief executives. But how can they really do more with less? The answer lies in the dazzling rise in the use of ...

Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Richard Martyn-Hemphill | Read more »

A chance for something different »

Clegg

You have a choice at this election. A choice to back a government in Westminster that will do what’s right for Scotland, for young people, and for you. You can sit back while Labour and the Conservatives fight over whose turn it is this time, con...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Nick Clegg | Read more »

Companies praised for training schemes »

TUI Travel

A travel company has been awarded best internship company for undergraduates in Britain by The National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) at an award ceremony held on 6 April. TUI Travel whose brands include Thomson and First Choice Holidays won the ...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Honor Eldridge | Read more »

Calls for paid internships to combat 'exploitation' »

Internships

As graduate numbers increase, campaign groups have called for all internships to be paid in order to eradicate exploitation by employers. Intern Aware last week launched a campaign in response to a report chaired by former Labour cabinet minister Alan...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Harriet Grecian | Read more »

Government has "failed" young people, says Tory MP »

Governmsent has "failed" young people, says Tory MP

The shadow secretary for universities and skills has criticised the government's failings on youth unemployment, claiming that new figures are a "damning indictment" for the prime minister. It had been reported that youth unemployment had reached almo...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by James Fidler | Read more »

Government steps in to tackle terrible job prospects »

Microsoft

UK Government Ministers are engaged in urgent talks with major white-collar employers in order to help bolster the employment prospects of the 350,000 students who will graduate from British universities this summer. John Denham, the Skills Secretary,...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Ben Judge | Read more »

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