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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills
  • Welfare reforms boost skills training by 40%

    Welfare reforms have boosted the number of benefit claimants training to improve their skills by almost 40%.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • BIS publishes strengthened intervention process to drive up standards in further education

    Details of the process to tackle underperformance in further education have been published today (30 May 2014).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Transparency at the heart of answer to late payment

    The Business Secretary is proposing new measures for greater transparency of company payment practices to help smaller firms get paid on time.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New support to give homeless people ‘basic building blocks’ for work

    Pilot scheme to give the most vulnerable homeless people the right skills and training to get into work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Careers guidance

    Statement from Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise about the revised statutory guidance which will be effective from September 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government unlocks £194 million of college investment

    Matthew Hancock announces that 22 colleges will invest £194.3 million in the building of new state of the art facilities.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • National Apprenticeship Week launch

    Matthew Hancock's speech at the BBC's 'You're Hired' conference to launch the National Apprenticeship Week 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Small business, big support confirmed by Prime Minister

    Small firms will see the cost of doing business fall this year following measures brought in by the government to help them get on.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First new college in 20 years to support development of High Speed 2 (HS2)

    Plans for a new college to train the next generation of world-class engineers to work on the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2) unveiled.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Technical and vocational education

    Skills Minister Matthew Hancock’s written ministerial statement on new technical and vocational qualifications

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New guidance on work experience published

    Work experience guidance for colleges and school sixth forms has been published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government calls for culture change in careers guidance

    Skills Minister calls on employers to inspire young people as he responds to an Ofsted report on careers guidance in schools.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Millions in government funding made available to target industrial strategy skills training

    Companies now have access to £238 million of government funding to design and guide vocational training to meet the needs of their workforce

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ofsted conference 2013

    Speech by Matthew Hancock to Ofsted Her Majesty's Inspectors

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Number of young people not in education, employment or training falls

    Statistics showing the rate of young people not in education, employment and training are published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Apprenticeships score top marks from businesses and apprentices

    Apprenticeships are highly praised: 78% of apprentices and 81% of businesses say they would recommend them to friends or other employers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • One year to go to First World War centenary

    Recognition for Victoria Cross recipients and help for war memorial restoration announced to mark historic anniversary.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bursaries of up to £20,000 offered to teach maths, English or Special Educational Needs (SEN)

    Money to improve numeracy and literacy teaching to young people was announced by Vince Cable.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Multi-million pound college investment will support British industry

    More colleges to benefit with third round of investment to come.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Vocational education reform: Matthew Hancock writes to colleges and independent training providers

    A letter from Matthew Hancock, Minister for Skills, to colleges and independent training providers updating them on the reform of vocational education.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government