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The Day I Met the Skills Minister

Corrine Patmore | Posted 05.06.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Student Politics, UK Conservative Party, UK Students, UK Politics, Matthew Hancock, UK Universities & Education News
Corrine Patmore

A little while ago The Edge Foundation (the education charity that runs VQ Day) asked me if I would like to interview the Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock MP, about vocational education. To which I responded with a definite yes!

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Minister Who Overslept And Missed Interview Accused Of 'Spin' By Daybreak Presenter

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Itv, Daybreak, UK News, Matthew Hancock, George Osborne, UK Politics News

The Conservative minister who missed an interview on morning television because he overslept has been accused of attempting to "spin" the story to mak...

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Want To Be A Lawyer?

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: University, Apprenticeships, Politics, Poll, Student Jobs, Matthew Hancock, Business, News, Bpp, UK Universities & Education News

The minister for business and education has urged students to skip university and take up apprenticeships if they are looking to train for high-flying...

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A Quiet Response to a Very Big Announcement

TES FE Focus | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Department for Education, UK Students, UK Education, Colleges, Further Education, UK Universities, Matthew Hancock, UK Universities & Education News
TES FE Focus

On Tuesday, a couple of working days after its self-imposed deadline, the Department for Education finally made the announcement that colleges would be able to recruit 14- and 15-year-olds directly, as predicted in Friday's TES.

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This Government Doesn't Really Care About Britain's Youths

Matt Bamford-Bowes | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Youth Enterpreneurs, Vince Cable, Youth Enterprise, Next Bigger Better, Matthew Hancock, UK News
Matt Bamford-Bowes

I'd love to paint a different picture than the one I'm going to paint. However, in the last few months it has become abundantly clear that the governm...

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Should Sir Fred Lose His Knighthood?

PA | Posted 19.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Fred Goodwin, UK Parliament, UK News, Sir Fred Goodwin, Matthew Hancock, UK Conservative Party, UK Politics News

An MP leading calls for Sir Fred Goodwin to be stripped of his knighthood urged the Whitehall committee which reviews honours to make a special case o...

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Labour: Blue, New Or Led By The Wrong Miliband?

The Huffington Post | Dina Rickman | Posted 04.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Ed Miliband, David Miliband, UK Issues, Matthew Hancock, Tessa Jowell, Mark Ferguson, Michael Foot, Labour, UK Politics News

Labour is, depending on who you ask, old, new, purple, blue, divided, united and refounded. Seventy-five days after becoming Labour leader Tony Bla...

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