What is going on in the UK

 

 

 

 

 

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What is happening in the U.K?

 

 

 

 

 

 Unemployment in the UK and the world

A Plan B is needed for the economy; more than a million people are out of work in the UK.

Private sectors employment is flat

45,000 jobs up

A quarter of a million of jobs cut

Female unemployment has grown rapidly, the biggest since 1996

Families hit the most

There are not enough job opportunities; the economy is not doing enough for jobs around the world

In the US

Unemployment in the US

Long Term Unemployment in US-http

It feels uncomfortable

I you are working, you doing fine, if you are not working and say you are fine they don't believe, they think you are lazy. You feel ashamed, lack of confident, worried anxiety, leads to depression.

No money coming in Being unemployed for a very long time, has been unemployed for more that 2 years, 99ners,more than 99 weeks, you get a tag, lose benefits, big change in you life

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpyhduHUlko&feature=related

Felt really depressed, California and Florida hit the hardest, was a manufactures sales manager

You think it's never going to happen to you, and then you have to realize this is a reality

 

 

 

 

Tuition fees on rise in the UK

 

The rise in University applications is slowing amid amid about the cost of degrees

A new research has revealed £9,000 a year tuition fees, would have put off many current undergraduates from going to University

The amount of young people applying to UK Universities over the past 5 years have seemed to slow down new statistics have shown

These figures come as a research have shown that half of todays undergraduates have decided not to go to University because they believe the 9,000 a year tuition fee is too much, and I very much agree with them

 

The figures were published by the University and College Admissions Service, that applications have only increased by 2.1% in the last year.

 

Between 2007 and 2008, the number of applicants grew by 8.3%. A year later, this

figure climbed to 8.8%. But in 2009 and 2010, the growth was 15.3%.

Young people are starting to look at alternatives for higher education, they are applying for vocational