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Teachers: Nearly one in three trainees does not stay
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[BBC News] - Report author Prof Alan Smithers said: "Some people start with teacher training and it becomes clear to them that they are not going to make good teachers, and others successfully complete and they're not necessarily able to find a job." The report
Almost a third of trainee teachers spurn work in schools
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[The Independent] - The authors, including Professor Alan Smithers, argue that the Government's Teaching Agency should withdraw funding for places from teacher training providers who perform poorly in supplying recruits to the profession. They also cast doubt on the
Hand writing a letter goes back on the secondary school curriculum ...
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[Daily Mail] - Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at Buckingham University, said learning different forms of letter writing will give pupils a 'good basis for their future lives'. He said: 'The important thing is
Jump in unconditional offers as universities fight for fees | News |...
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Universities raised the number of unconditional offers they made to school-leavers by 40 per cent last year in a move that teachers said was demotivating pupils
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