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Urgent calls to end compulsory unpaid internships as students forced to quit due to cost of living

The Guardian Higher Education

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. Ruby Partland, a masters student in social work at RMIT, is required to complete 1,000 hours of unpaid internships to complete her degree – equating to around six months of full-time work.

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Instant noodles and extra jobs: PhD candidates ‘barely scraping by’ on stipends below minimum wage

The Guardian Higher Education

Students are pleading for reforms amid rising rent and cost of living, as experts warn research could suffer if people are put off higher study Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast When Maddy Hoffman started her PhD in Perth in 2019, the stipend was $500 a week.