14th October 2005, 08:06 PM
Err, yes, I think that's what I meant. In the scramble to win contracts, not only are wages as low as possible (obviously this is a supply and demand effect) but there is no funding (or profit, if you like, allowed for as an overhead) to pay for training of staff, whether in the form of placements or paid trainees or whatever. Yes, a couple of units offer unpaid placements to students on a Bradford placement year, for example, but this is something of a drop in the ocean and tends to be in specialist fields. But mostly they expect someone else to pick up the tab.
Today, Bradford. Tomorrow, well, Bradford probably.
Today, Bradford. Tomorrow, well, Bradford probably.