"With existing trainees possibly finding that they will not be funded for the remaining part of their courses and the freeze on the recruitment process for 2011 and 2012, there is an immediate and real danger that universities will be without a new cohort of trainees for 2011," she said.
"Students who are part way through their doctorate training may not be able to complete it, and significantly fewer, if any, new educational psychologists will be qualifying and entering the work force."
Brooke added that cuts to council budgets and the introduction of free schools and academies are exacerbating the problems facing the profession.
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