The government has widened eligibility for a teaching internship programme to chemistry and language students amid the worsening teacher recruitment and retention crisis.
The scheme provides funding for state schools to take university students on three-week internships during the summer term to encourage them to become a teacher. The government says it can offer an experience of teaching before they commit to it as a career.
It was previously open only to potential teachers of maths, physics and computing, though a small pilot in the north east saw funding for modern foreign language interns this year.
