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40% of graduates not in full-time work a year after leaving college Only 60% of former students find work in the first twelve months after leaving further education, a leading graduate careers website reports. According to a major survey of nearly a quarter of a million students published by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit, over 21,000 graduates remain unemployed after a year - a higher rate than the national average; while many had continued with their studies or gone into training. The survey by Graduates.co.uk also found an increase in the number of graduates abandoning highly competitive job markets and taking the step into self-employment. Although the number of former students becoming self-employed remained
relatively low at 5%, the figure represents a substantial increase over recent years. "The number of graduates looking to become self-employed doesn't really surprise me," said Adam Grunwerg from Graduates.co.uk , "It's so much harder to get a good graduate job nowadays, especially with the increase in assessment centres, pre-interviews and tests in what has become a highly competitive market." The migration of the majority of graduate vacancies to London also contributes to joblessness and the increase in selfemployment amongst former students. "The 'Dragons Den' culture of TV programmes and government initiatives
such as start-up loans has lowered the barriers to entry for starting a business," said Adam, "In fact, we might have to start adding new words like 'gradpreneur' to the dictionary." "Hard times tend to bring out the best in people, and a market of wellmotivated graduates bodes well for the future." "I hope this trend continues because the more young start-up businesses we have, the lower the barriers to entry for students it becomes." What are graduates doing now? In employment - 61.8% Self-employed - 5% Unemployed - 8.6% Working and studying 8.4% Still in further education 13.1%
Loomba Foundation win Community Award in B'ham The Loomba Foundation won the 'Community Award' at the British Indian Awards in Birmingham. The inaugural British Indian Awards presented by BDO took place on Friday the 17th May at the St. Johns Hotel The awards seek to serve, recognise, reward and highlight the achievements of people of Indian heritage. The evening show-
cased the determination, hard work and personal targets achieved by British Indians. It was a colourful celebration outlining the significant role played by British Indians at the forefront of their businesses and wider communities. The awards embody the continuing strength of the British Indian community, recognising those who continue to thrive, evolve and make Great Britain a
better place. Eighteen awards were presented on the night. The finalists in this category were: I-Partner India, Asian Foundation of Philanthropy, The Loomba Foundation, Jas Jassal, and the Mandy Sanghera Foundation. The awards were presented by Sunny and Shay of the Bafta nominated Channel 4's 'The Family'.
British authorities orders extradition of Naval war room leak accused, Ravi Shankaran British authorities on Tuesday ordered extradition of one of the main Naval war room leak accused Ravi Shankaran to India to face trail, a move that may expedite court proceedings pending for several months. UK Home Secretary Theresa May issued the orders for his extradition to India and facing trial but gave Shankaran, close relative of former Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash, 14 days of time to file an appeal in the case, CBI said. The order came exactly two months after a British
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court rejected the appeal by Shankaran against his extradition. Shankaran's lawyers are now planning to challenge the order in the high court. On March 28, the Westminster Magistrates
Court in London cleared Shankaran's extradition to India. The court asked the Metropolitan Police to confiscate Shankaran's passport. He was banned from international travel and would have to live in a single address. He was however granted bail against ÂŁ20,000. Shankaran is a relative of former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash. Shankaran has been absconding since the case was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in March 2006.
GP Davinder Jeet Bains jailed A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery has been jailed for 12 years. Davinder Jeet Bains, pictured, previously admitted 39 sex offences at Swindon Crown Court. The 45-year-old, who worked as a GP at a medical practice in Royal Wootton Bassett, filmed the attacks using a spy watch. Detectives investigating likened the timepiece to something out of a James Bond movie.
The judge said police found a large number of video clips of women and girls aged 14 to 51 during "intimate examinations" dating from 2009 to 2012. The court heard a large number of the victims, when questioned by police, said they had felt "violated" at the time by
Bains' actions. Two of his patients had also complained about his behaviour before he was arrested. In mitigation, Mr Tedd said Bains wanted to express "regret" at his actions. Bains, who qualified as a doctor in 1993, previously worked at Swindon's Great Western Hospital. He is suspended from practising by the General Medical Council. Dr Liz Mears, from the NHS, said there would be an independent report and "the findings will be made public in due course".