Harvard, for instance, has 17 full-time staff and 24 part-time counsellors to help 900 students find glamorous jobs.

ECONOMIST: Business schools

There are now 70, 000 fewer people going to college than two years ago, although the government has insisted that it has "maintained college numbers at the full time equivalent of 116, 000" through focusing on full-time students and cutting thousands of part-time places.

BBC: Stow College resignation call over secret tape

"By that time we were part-time students and full-time entrepreneurs, " says Healy.

FORBES: OutFront

Loans to cover tuition fees would also be pegged for full and part-time students, said the government.

BBC: Education & Family

The teen number includes both full-time students looking for full- or part-time work, and teens who are out of school and job hunting.

FORBES: Teen Unemployment Hits 24.5%