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Student work
October 2023
‘It takes a mental toll’: students in England priced out of university towns
Housing costs forcing undergraduates and master’s students to work long hours or commute
September 2023
University Guide 2024
Is it worth going to university? We ask the experts
With a cost-of-living crisis, lecturers’ strikes and higher fees, is university still worth it? The answer from the experts is a resounding yes.
June 2023
Cost of living crisis forcing students to take on more hours of paid work
Most university students supporting themselves say it is negatively affecting their studies, survey finds
August 2020
Clearing 2020
How to land a job protecting the planet: do the groundwork
Clearing 2020
It's never too early to think about jobs: how students can get a foot in the door
August 2019
Clearing 2019
'Young people mature a lot': why universities see a gap year as an asset
Universities see it as an asset to take a year out
July 2018
Taking a gap year? Here’s what you need to know about money
Consumer champions
Student Loans Company got my earnings wrong – what can I do?
June 2018
Chuka Umunna, there’s no excuse for unpaid ‘student placements’
Phil McDuff
Student placements damage the economy as well as young people’s prospects, says the economics commentator Phil McDuff
December 2017
Tory Chris Holmes calls for HMRC to act over long unpaid internships
Peer urges investigations into firms who advertise for long-term interns and calls for ban on placements over a month
August 2017
Guardian Students
Students: how to work out what you're good at
Tips for students
'I could have got a better degree': readers on working while studying at university
July 2017
Guardian Students
Share your stories of working while studying at university
Guardian Students
Work-work balance: how to juggle a job with postgraduate study
March 2017
Blogging students
Working while studying: how can I get my social life back?
University is supposed to be the time of your life, but at 20 years old I had forgotten what it was like to have a decent night out
December 2016
Blogging students
Studying is stressful – work experience is where the real learning happens
Most universities give students around five months holiday a year – plenty of time to do something life-enhancing
June 2016
My worst summer job: within minutes I was looking like a Martian
Letter:
My job was to shovel up the fine green grass powder from the floor
February 2016
Gap-year students deciding asylum claims
Immigration lawyers condemn Home Office practice of recruiting undergraduates to make potentially life-or-death judgments
June 2015
IMHO ...
I think it’s time for my son to start looking for a summer holiday job
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