Site Archives

Press Release: Yet another blow to poorest students

  • July 23, 2009

Commenting on the Government’s decision to reduce the bursary entitlement of the poorest students, David Willetts MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills said:

Press Release: Ministers must act urgently to improve social mobility

  • July 21, 2009

Commenting on the publication of the final report by Alan Milburn’s Panel on Fair Access to the Professions, David Willetts, Shadow Universities and Skills Secretary, said:

Press Release: New report condemns waste in Government’s flagship training programme

  • July 21, 2009

Today’s National Audit Office report on Train to Gain shows the Government has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on training which employers would have provided anyway.

Press Release: Young people still face a summer crisis

  • July 20, 2009

In response to Peter Mandelson’s announcement on new university places, David Willetts MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, said:

Press Release: Ministers must learn urgent lessons from new damning review of the Further Education crisis

  • July 17, 2009

On the day that a cross-party Committee condemns the Government for its handling of the capital crisis in Further Education, David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, will host a Further Education and Skills Forum.

Press Release: Young people need to know what the Prime Minister’s u-turn really means

  • July 16, 2009

Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement to the Commons Liaison Committee that the Government will increase the number of university places for the coming academic year, David Willetts MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, said:

Press Release: Summer crisis in university applications fast approaching

  • July 9, 2009

In response to new UCAS figures out tomorrow, which show a 10 per cent rise in applications for university, David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, said:

Press Release: Imaginative thinking needed over university access

  • July 8, 2009

In response to reports that the Government is planning to introduce ‘no-fee degrees’ for students who live at home, David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, said:

Press Release: Fall in Graduate Employment

  • July 2, 2009

Commenting on the statistics on graduate employment published today, the Shadow Secretary for Universities and Skills, David Willetts, said:

Press Release: Government hits poor students again

  • July 1, 2009

In Prime Minister’s Questions today, Gordon Brown once again made dishonest claims about Labour’s spending plans. Meanwhile, one of his junior ministers slipped out the news that the Government has announced cuts in the amount of support for students. David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, said: