Posts Tagged ‘student debt’

Debt in young people reaches just over £8000

by Marketing on May 28th, 2010

Leading debt solution company, ClearDebt, releases figures showing the average 18 – 21 year old owes £8,195 in unsecured debts against their £8,987 take home salary.

The saga of student debt

by David Mond on March 16th, 2010

We’re already half way through the student year and the National Union of Students (NUS) are confirming around 28,500 school leavers are still waiting to receive their student grants. Still?!! Appalling.

Lazy days and Sundays are no longer days of rest for University students

by David Mond on November 12th, 2009

In days gone by, university students were widely tarnished with the brush of little study and a lot of sleep.  However, with student debt growing rapidly, the recession has given many students a reality check – and in doing so, has put to bed, no pun intended, the stereotype of this “group” which we all [...]

The ugg boot student

by David Mond on October 9th, 2009

Studying at uni and working in a bar on nights and weekends, is often how many students, in my day, made ends meet.  In fact, the whole experience of uni was so special because we were all living on a shoe string – materialistic accessories weren’t important – infact, if you did have your own [...]

And just like magic – the jobs…disappeared….

by David Mond on July 16th, 2009

The norm used to be that you went from school to college and then all being well, with good grades, you were off to university.  And once there, you were told, the world was your oyster.  Well apparently, the oysters are …gone. Oh how times have changed. University students are now competing with the rest [...]