Media coverage of unpaid student placements - here's the real story

Monday, 25 November 2019 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm

‘Students Against Unpaid Placements’ is a grassroots campaign that aims to see the end of the exploitation of interns and students on placements required as part of their course. Over the years, there has been some mainstream media coverage of the situation but this reporting often doesn't dig deep enough into the complexity of the issues, and the true nature and consequences of the exploitation, This week Georgia Mantle who launched the campaign explains.