The Speed office is abuzz with excitement this week as we gear up for our first ever graduate day. The eight people who most impressed us with their witty prose or imaginative entries will be spending time doing some fun tasks to show off their skills.

In some ways it has never been a more exciting time for grads. The recession has forced companies to be more creative and dynamic – mundane is no longer good enough. But this is also what the media is terming ‘the lost generation’ with unemployment higher for under 24′s than any other age group. With student fees leaping up, experts predict that this pain will only deepen.

So yesterday it cheered me to read in The Sunday Times that celebrities aren’t all beer guzzling, lime light hogging exhibitionists (I can’t include a link as it’s locked behind the pay wall.) A group of cultural types that include the model Lilly Cole are apparently forming a fund called ‘Can’t pay your fees? We’ll pay your fines.’ The money will bail out students fined for protesting against an unprecedented hike in fees that threaten to make education a privilege for a few, rather than a right for many. Whatever your opinion on how students have protested, they undoubtedly have reason to be taking to streets – and now fine free! Just not if you’re a Prince chasing, bottle waving yob. Celebs still have standards daaaaarling.