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  • Graduate news - Government blamed for junior-doctor crisis
    8 May 2008

    Government blamed for junior-doctor crisis

    The Government has come under fire following last year's fiasco surrounding UK medical student applications to NHS training posts.

    A report by the House of Common's Health Committee has pinned the majority of blame on the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Sir Liam Donaldson.

    Sir Donaldson did not show leadership when the recruitment process began to fail and was also the designer of the failed application form, the body said.

  • 6 May 2008

    Rigorous recruitment for teachers suggested

    Graduate news - Rigorous recruitment for teachers suggested

    Graduates may find that the hiring process for teaching is to be tightened in the near future, following the publication of a new study.

    The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) has claimed that poor secondary school teachers can mean many students fail their GCSE exams.

    Poor teaching practice can make the difference between achieving a grade C or D at GCSE level, the ippr report stated.

  • Graduate news - Companies 'unwilling' to stop recruiting graduates
    1 May 2008

    Companies 'unwilling' to stop recruiting graduates

    Many firms are unlikely to withdraw from the graduate recruitment market despite the worsening economic situation, one expert has claimed.

    According to Elspeth Farrar, the Communications Director for Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services, firms would have 'a lot of ground to make up' when they re-enter the graduate recruitment market if they are to withdraw completely from the sector.

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