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Employers now favour experience over university degrees

Employers now favour relevant apprenticeships or experience over university degrees, a study has found. Researchers who polled 1,000 decision makers found 49 per cent prefer to see experience from a relevant apprenticeship or previous position on a candidate’s CV. Just 24 per cent said they would be more likely to take on someone who had a relevant degree qualification. The study was carried out by AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) ahead of A Level results day on Thursday August 16th....

Calls for Corbyn to quit as Johnson charms media with cups of tea

Jeremy Corbyn has faced fresh calls to stand down following controversy over a visit to a cemetery in Tunisia in 2014.  Sajid Javid called for the Labour leader to quit after the Daily Mail claimed he was photographed holding a wreath near the graves of those responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The calls from the Conservative front bench come a week after former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson compared women in burqas to "letter boxes"...

Tory tweet claiming new laws will protect ‘most vulnerable road users’ from cyclists hasn’t gone down well

A tweet from the Conservative party has angered cyclists after it said that new laws would protest “our most vulnerable road users" from bike users. It has since been deleted after a backlash online and cycling minister Jesse Norman apologised after the uproar is caused. The message on the Conservative Twitter feed said: "We're launching a consultation into dangerous cycling so that our most vulnerable road users are protected." Champion cyclist Chris Boardman responded: "That says it all really. Wow,...

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