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The General Social Care Council is urging the 4,000 students about to graduate from social work courses to start applying for registration.

Graduates will have to be registered before they can take up job offers, and the GSCC says students should request application packs now.

The full £30 application fee applies and tutors can act as verifiers and endorsers.

From the autumn, the register will also open to 4,000 students entering their final year in 2005-6 and 4,500 enrolling for the first time on social work courses.

The registration fee is £10 for students.