NEWS RELEASE
September 9 2002
Graduates
go debt free
Part
of planning your life might well be getting a good education but there is
another aspect that proves problematic for many people – finances. And
as many uni students will tell you one of the biggest challenges for them
today is juggling part or full time work and study.
In
theory, when you have graduated those money/study pressures should
diminish but then there is your HECS debt, a whole new wardrobe to buy for
working life, possibly car payments and before you know it – money’s
too tight too mention.
But
in the second of UniSA’s series of career building seminars for its
graduates, Expanding Horizons, the focus is on how to make your life debt
free as soon as possible.
Sponsored
by Mutual Community the free seminar, All debts are off, beat HECS
and plan for life, will feature renowned Australian financial
planning author Anita Bell.
It
will be held at 5.30 pm on September 18 at the Radisson Playford Hotel,
North Terrace Adelaide.
Bell’s
creative, common sense approach to staying debt free has transformed the
lives of hundreds of erstwhile strugglers and she herself retired at just
26 years of age. Her latest bestseller is Your Money: Starting Out and
Starting Over.
She
will advise on the small and large financial issues from everyday
budgeting and saving to investing in shares or real estate.
The
seminar will also feature specialist presenters from the Australian
Taxation Office who will talk about reducing HECS debts as quickly as
possible.
UniSA
alumni relations coordinator, Troy Shiels, says he can’t think of a more
important area for new graduates to understand.
“Being
bright and being educated doesn’t necessarily make you a good financial
manager, some of history’s great men and women died broke,” Shiels
said.
“But
this seminar certainly isn’t about encouraging graduates to be driven by
economic aspirations alone – its not a revival of the “greed is
good” philosophy.
“What
we hope to give our graduates is some common sense advice on how to keep
control of money in their lives rather than have it control them. We are
talking about financial freedom, which for many young people is more about
being able to take a year off to work on an aid abroad or environmental
project, than it is about being able to afford a Porsche.
“We
are keen to continue to support our graduates as they move into the
workforce and embark on new careers and the complex world of investments,
debts, home and car loans, superannuation and managing career through each
stage of life, are issues they will all confront. We hope we will be
giving them a head start and some useful suggestions through this
seminar.”
Please
note seating is limited. A free place can be booked by phoning 8302 0973.
Media
contact: Michèle Nardelli (08) 8302 0966 or 041 8823673
email: michele.nardelli@unisa.edu.au
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