The survey comes as the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Dius) begins a new "graduate talent pool" as part of its internship programme.

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Of those who have completed the Youth Adult Internship Programme, so far, at least half have found work, are back in school or are continuing further training.

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Following criticism last year, the Liberal Democrats changed their internship programme so it now pays the minimum wage, although some Lib Dem MPs, and MPs from other parties, still advertise internships which pay expenses only.

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The visit to Kyoto also featured the signing of a Cooperation Agreement with Professor Hiroshi Matsumoto, President of Kyoto University, for the establishment of an internship programme to strengthen UNESCO's action -- "through many talented young women and men coming from one of the world's leading institutions of higher learning, a haven for Nobel Prize winners and Fields medallists" said Irina Bokova.

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