The August start date was decided upon to give the EU time to gauge what might happen at the peace talks in Geneva mooted for next month, although there is no certainty they will take place or who will attend.
Bolland is understood to have felt that after three months of gardening leave - and given the turmoil faced by Lewis who is just three weeks into the job - it was no longer necessary to hold Stewart to the December start date previously brokered.
He told BBC 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics that the September start date was "absolutely fine" and that most teachers were "incredibly supportive".
The fact that no team has emerged fully-formed before the summer suggests that the September start date may have to be put back.
The fact that no team has emerged fully-formed before the summer suggests that the September start date may have to be put back.
Somewhere along that elm lined street, as I pushed against 5,000 pounds of yellow steel with men I had barely even met, did I realize that the adventure would start well before the July start date.
At the time of the study, PfPP was up to 7 days in length and took place before the August start date.
Most F1s report that PfPP, the week-long induction provided by the EAFS immediately prior to the August start date, is helpful.
This Foundation School has a mandatory week long Preparation for Professional Practice (PfPP) period before the August start date for all new F1s which is comprised of formal teaching and shadowing of the outgoing F1 for their new post; so the audit questionnaire covered the Trust induction, PfPP and departmental inductions for the clinical rotations.
This provides 22,400 months in total (14,000 from the November start dates and 8,400 from the May start dates), equivalent to over 100 times the observed record.
For the May start dates 1,400 months are available for each calendar month from October to March.
