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Graham Stuart welcomes the publication of the Government’s youth strategy

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:03:03 +0000

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness and Chairman of the Education Select Committee, welcomed yesterday’s publication of the Government’s youth strategy.

The strategy, Positive for Youth, outlines the Government’s efforts to coordinate services for young people age 13-19 across multiple agencies and organisations.

The announcement follows the Education Select Committee’s report on services for young people, [...]

MP presses the Government for more high quality apprenticeships

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:55:38 +0000

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness and Chairman of the House of Commons Education Select Committee, is continuing his apprenticeships campaign – seeking more and higher quality apprenticeships to help turn round UK skills shortages.

In a meeting with John Hayes MP, Minister at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), on 23 November [...]

Graham Stuart weighs in on the Institute for Fiscal Studies report on education funding

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:53:39 +0000

Graham Stuart today said that the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report on education funding underlines, rather than undermines, the need for change in the way England funds schools.

The IFS report says that unless school funding is reformed it could become less transparent and increasingly unrelated to educational needs.

Graham, the MP for Beverley and Holderness [...]