Student Times E-mag issue 10

COACHING CREATES SOLUTION TO STUDENT DEBT

Working long hours for minimum wage in hot sweaty bars and soul-destroying call centres could be a thing of the past for students needing to support themselves

Coaching is now being pinned as the job for students offering a high rate of pay and flexibility while looking impressive on C.Vs.  The need to find more acceptable work solutions follows a recent report by the National Union of Students and the Trades Union Congress showing a rise in the number of working full-time students from 406,880 in 1996 to 630,718 in 2006.

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Posted 31.01.07

Why Work?

Students are increasingly finding the need to find employment to subsidise their income during their time in higher education. The extra income helps to pay for necessities, to reduce borrowing, to maintain a social life, to buy clothes and to gain skills for life after university or college. Using a part-time job to cut down on borrowing is a sound investment, as it reduces the debt that will be waiting to be paid off after graduation.

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Posted 31.01.07