"Modern universities across the country are deeply anxious about the upcoming charges to the teachers’ pension scheme, with one institution forecasting a 5% cut in staff members if the Government do not act. Will the Secretary of State urgently commit to supporting universities with these huge additional costs that have …..." Eleanor Smith - View Speech
"2. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy. ..." Eleanor Smith - View Speech
"Last year, the Government set a target of 2.3% of the workforce for public bodies on employing apprentices, yet following a series of parliamentary questions by the shadow Education team we have discovered that the vast majority of Departments, including the Department for Education, are failing to hit that target. …..." Eleanor Smith - View Speech