"The literature is pretty clear that having an effective, novice teacher is much better than having a mediocre, experienced teacher, " Mr. Goldhaber said.

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She was clearly an experienced teacher: articulate, enthusiastic, and fun.

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There is a little evidence that this could improve pupils' progress, but what may happen, given the current problems in recruiting teachers, is that a large class with an experienced and capable teacher is split into two, with half of the pupils being taken by a less experienced and perhaps less capable teacher.

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As an adjunct teacher, I have experienced criticism from a department head, who, having read a particularly poor student's negative assessment of me, implied it was my teaching that was at fault.

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Prof John Howson, who has monitored these figures for the past 10 years, said that unless the demand for graduates elsewhere in the economy experienced a downturn, it was difficult to see how all teacher training places would be filled this year.

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So specialised, in fact, that Bob Richwine, the head welding teacher at the college, said he had never heard of them, and so difficult that only experienced welders could attempt them.

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The programme has been designed for both pre-service teacher education, i.e. for student teachers, and in the in-service education of experienced teachers.

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