This would upgrade the quality of the profession without hampering a bounty-hunter's ability to find and return fugitives and without much altering one of the most attractive aspects of the system, that it costs taxpayers nothing.

ECONOMIST: Bounty-hunters

First of all, the project calls for substantial improvements in pre-service teacher training, not only promoting the entry of the best candidates into the profession, but also fundamentally strengthening the quality of programmes available in terms of curriculum content, training and assessment strategies, training in working with diverse groups, and staff quality.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Ward Walkers is a privately-owned firm established in Dundee in 2004 with the specific aim of delivering high-quality work shoes to the nursing profession.

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Mr Hancock said the government was "reforming apprenticeships, introducing traineeships and overhauling the system to recognise only high quality vocational courses that lead directly to a skilled trade or profession".

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