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Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of ATL, told the conference newly qualified teachers "learn as they work with exhausted and stressed colleagues that teaching has become a profession which is incompatable with a normal life".
Way back in 2000, the Society of Authors found that 75% of members earned less than £20,000, while in 2007 the Authors' Licence and Collecting Society cited average earnings for UK authors of about £16,000, an average which hides the true picture of a profession which is becoming steadily more unequal.
Is it that they learn as they work with exhausted and stressed colleagues that teaching has become a profession which is incompatible with a normal life?" A recent ATL survey found that almost three-quarters (73%) of trainee and newly qualified teachers have considered leaving the profession, with 76% blaming heavy workloads.
"Recruitment into the teaching profession is more difficult than at any time, and a profession which is unfairly criticised is hardly likely to attract the best and brightest graduates".
In such circumstances, students may be assigned to study a profession which is their second or lower choice.
In Ethiopia, since students are assigned by the Ministry of Education [ 13] to pursue tertiary education, those who fail to score higher marks may not get the opportunity to study a profession which is their first choice.
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As reviled as lawyers may often be, they've been trained in a distinct profession, which is why being a barrister isn't the same as knowing "about" sociology after having studied it at degree level, any more than you'd do a philosophically inclined Bachelor of Arts in engineering studies: you've learned to practise something.
But a lot of students are looking for a career in science and also want it to be a practical profession, which is why they eventually choose forensic science.
Physiotherapy, otherwise known as physical therapy, is a health profession which is "concerned with identifying and maximising quality of life and functional movement potential, within the spheres of promotion, prevention, maintenance, intervention/treatment, habilitation and rehabilitation.
A truly vocational profession which is undermined by constant change, poor funding and moving targets.
The results come at a worrying time for the profession, which is facing a recruitment crisis.
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