David Willetts

Responding to new Government figures showing that the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is rising, with more than one in ten 16-18 year olds in England not engaged in any positive activity, Shadow Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said:

Commenting on the Government’s further delays to Further Education (FE) college capital funding projects announced by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said:

Twice as many school leavers in England’s richest neighbourhoods go to university than in the poorest neighbourhoods, new analysis of official figures has revealed.

New Government figures show that just thirty of the 1,395 people being trained on the Government’s flagship apprenticeship scheme are new employees. The remaining trainees - 98 per cent of those on the scheme - were already employed in central Government prior to becoming apprentices.

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:

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.

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:

Responding to new Government figures on the proportion of young people at university, Shadow Innovation, Universities and Skills Secretary, David Willetts said:

Commenting on today’s new figures on post-16 education, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, David Willetts said:

Responding to the annual report on access to university from the Office for Fair Access (OFFA), Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, David Willetts said:

Responding to the resignation of Mark Haysom, the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, David Willetts said:

In response to today’s Government White Paper ‘The Learning Revolution,’ Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, David Willetts said:

Further Education Minister Sion Simon admitted this morning that Further Education colleges could go bust due to the freezing of the Government’s bungled college-building scheme:

In response to Tuesday’s new report by UniversitiesUK on the future of student tuition fees, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, David Willetts, said:

Responding to John Denham’s claim that the construction industry is benefiting during the recession from rebuilding Further Education colleges, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, David Willetts, said: