David Willetts

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on widening participation in education, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said:

Commenting on the Government’s announcement today on public sector apprenticeships, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said:

At the start of National Apprenticeship Week, new figures show that the Government is set to miss its key apprenticeship target of 130,000 apprenticeship completions by 2010. At the current rate, it would take until 2029, thus failing another generation. David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, said:

New official figures released today by the Conservatives show that the number of people studying on an adult education course has fallen by a quarter in the last four years. The Government has deliberately cut funding for adult education courses that don’t produce paper qualifications, but hundreds of thousands of adults are unable to re-skill and up-skill as a result.

Speaking at the Conservative Party’s Skills Summit today, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts, will unveil a five-point plan for skills in the recession. David Willetts will say:

Responding to the Association of Graduate Recruiters’ winter recruitment survey, showing that graduate vacancies are expected to fall by five per cent in 2009, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said: