HC Deb 19 March 1946 vol 420 cc312-3W
28. Mr. Solley

asked the Minister of Labour what are his plans for retraining scientific personnel whose normal studies were interrupted, or who have been drafted into work which they would not normally have undertaken and are now in overcrowded professions.

Mr. Isaacs

Science students of First Class or Second Class Honours standard selected by their Universities as research students or Third Year students, and other science students selected by their Universities as of high promise or who were called up before the end of their normal deferment and before they had had an opportunity of taking the Honours Degree, are eligible for release from the Forces in Class B if they are in release groups 1–49 or from industry, if they have performed work of national importance for not less than three years. Financial assistance is available to such students if they come within the scope of the Further Education and Training Scheme.