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Press Release: Ministers blocking thousands of university applicants


Responding to new UCAS figures on university applications published today, which show an 8.8 per cent rise since this time last year, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said:

Press Release: Record number of young people not in education, employment or training


Record numbers of young people are not in any form of education, employment or training (NEET), new official figures show. The latest figures from December last year show that 860,000 people aged 16-24 were not engaged in any positive activity. The figure has risen from 630,000 in 2000.

Press Release: Shocking report into Government failures over FE college building


Responding to the damning report by Sir Andrew Foster into the chaos in the further education capital programme, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said: