The poll of over 1, 000 students for Graduate Prospects found 13% of final year students who did not have a job lined up were planning to travel beyond the end of the summer holidays.

BBC: Graduates opt for gap year

Should the Dome be closed early, say at the end of September, a few weeks after the end of schools' summer holidays?

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The Iraqi parliament has made some concessions by agreeing to take just one month of holidays this summer, rather than two, it should have until the end of July to debate the various bills.

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