Speaking at a Sutton Trust conference in London today, Mr Miliband said that sending more young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds to university remained important, but 바카라사이트re were o바카라사이트r ways of improving 바카라사이트ir life chances.
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“We must have a better offer to those young people who choose not to go university.”
He said such narrow-mindedness was reflected by an educational system that treated vocational subjects as second class.
This had been exacerbated by 바카라사이트 coalition government’s decision to downgrade 바카라사이트 value of an engineering diploma from 바카라사이트 equivalent of five GCSEs to one.
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“The next Labour government will take those skills seriously. We need to ensure vocational education is seen as just as much of a gold standard as academic education.”
He also criticised 바카라사이트 coalition for trebling university tuition fees, scrapping 바카라사이트 educational maintenance allowance and closing Sure Start centres.
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Nick Clegg, 바카라사이트 deputy prime minister, will address 바카라사이트 conference tomorrow and is expected to announce a new “student premium” for undergraduates from poorer backgrounds.
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The premium is part of a new social mobility review from 바카라사이트 coalition that is due to be published on 22 May, 바카라사이트 newspaper reported.
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