David Willetts

Commenting on the launch of Oxford University’s new £1.5bn fundraising drive.

Commenting on the University and College Union Congress’s motion to consider boycotting Israeli academic institutions.

In the inaugural lecture of the Business Services Association, David Willetts MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, today provided a new analysis of the rise in the number of Neets – young people not in education, employment or training.

Ministers have announced they will cut funding for the UK’s prestigious scholarship programmes for international students.

David Willetts MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, has revealed new figures which show that 90% of the extra spending on the new maintenance grants for students will go to families in higher socio-economic groups.