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Turned off by jobs scare

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Tes · 19 Sept 2008

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Applications to teaching degrees fell after publicity about probationer unemployment. Holyrood’s education committee examined the jobs picture after Tes found only 22% had permanent posts by term-start.

People named: Fiona Hyslop, Drew Morrice

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Turned off by jobs scare
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Tes survey (not the school census)
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