Calls for university students to be paid for placements

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There are calls for university students to be paid for the work placements they have to do as part of their course. The financial burden of placements can be crippling, and some argue there’s no justification for this unpaid labour. Mandatory placements – which can be up to a thousand hours – are a vital part of many university degrees. Examples include trainee nurses working in hospitals and trainee teachers working in schools. Christine Morely is a professor of social work at Queensland University of Technology, and she believes they should be paid. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE

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