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> In the UK, up till about 50 years ago, it was possible to get into
> most "learned professions" without university degrees. A solicitor
> only had to get university entrance qualifications and then do a five
> year stint as a trainee (intern) with a firm. Teachers (in England
> and Wales) only needed 5 "O" levels followed by a 2 or 3 year teacher
> training course at a college of education. Even medical doctors didn't
> need a degree - just the conjoint diploma of LRCP LRCS.
>
> It is still possible to qualify as a solicitor in the old way although
> it's difficult to find a firm to train you nowadays without a degree
> (unless, of course, it's Daddy's Firm), The 3 year teacher training
> courses have been renamed B.Ed degrees but the non graduate route to


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> medicine is still available.

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> Alasdair Baxter, Nottingham, UK.Tel +44 115 9705100; Fax +44 115 9423263

>
> "It's not what you say that matters but how you say it.
> It's not what you do that matters but how you do it"