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City tempts teens with gap-year cash

COMPANIES are targeting school pupils as young as 15 with the offer of gap-year scholarships and funding for university ahead of the introduction of tuition fees next year.

The firms are dangling incentives of up to £1,500 for travel followed by annual study bursaries in the hope of persuading the brightest students to work for them after graduation.

Experts believe companies will increasingly focus part of their recruitment effort on schools. A survey by Incomes Data Services, an employment analyst, shows that 29% of the 106 graduate employers studied now have links with schools.
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