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THE National Service (Armed Forces) Act is being applied to six new age groups covering the ages 18–19 and 37–40. The existing Schedule of Reserved Occupations is also to be revised, the tendency being to make reservation depend to an increasing extent upon the actual work being done by the man for whom reservation is sought, and not simply upon his age and registered occupation. In connexion with the registration of the 19-year-olds, arrangements are already in existence to safeguard the supply of men studying to obtain certain scientific and technical qualifications that will fit them for important national work. The University Joint Recruiting Boards have power to recommend the deferment of the calling-up of such men who are studying at universities or who are studying for a Higher National Certificate or a Higher National Diploma. These arrangements will be extended in future to young men engaged in particular scientific and technical studies who are still at school but will shortly be proceeding to universities, provided that they have obtained the Higher School Certificate or will shortly be sitting for that examination and show exceptional promise. Consideration is being given to the reservation of all medical and dental students irrespective of the stage they may have reached in their studies.
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Science Students at Universities and Schools. Nature 147, 172 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147172a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147172a0