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Education Maintenance Allowance

Students Will March to 'Bring Back EMA'

Aaron Kiely | Posted 20.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: demo2012, Black Students, Black Unemployment, Anti-Cuts March, Education Maintenance Allowance, Austerity, UK Inequality, A Levels, UK-Race-Relations, UK Universities & Education News
Aaron Kiely

As I was finishing secondary school, I remember numerous discussions in my home about how we would be able to fund going to college and being a full-time student. Luckily, we found out that we qualified for the EMA scheme. My family lived from week to week, and that £30 was totally significant and at times helped pay electric, gas and for other essentials.

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Seeing is Believing, and Positive Thinking is the Key

Riaz Shah | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, Charity, Mosaic Network, HRH Prince of Wales, Government Funding, Public Education, Education Maintenance Allowance, Demos, UK Universities & Education News
Riaz Shah

A recent report from Barnardo's highlighted, once again, the trouble that a lack of government funding is causing for socially disadvantaged young people.

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Britain's Most 'Horrendous' Youth Unemployment Blackspots Revealed

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Education, UK Business, Unemployment, Young People, Education Maintenance Allowance, Youth Unemployment, Inbetweeners, UK Economy, UK News

Northern towns and inner city London boroughs have become blackspots for youth unemployment, with some areas showing that as many as a quarter of ...

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