Lia Nici: DfE: All Documents

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)

"I was a college lecturer in the era that the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington mentioned. Curriculum 2000 was an absolute, unmitigated disaster. AVCEs—advanced vocational certificates of education—were withdrawn very quickly. The money that was pumped in was pumped into all the wrong places, and we ended up in …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)

"The reality is that university education is not skills education. That is the problem. We have people doing lots of different types of degrees, and they are leaving, as graduates, with no skills, and are not employable in the majority of places...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)

"We already know that these kinds of activities are happening. I declare an interest as the chair of the apprenticeship diversity champions network. Employers are recognising that they need to offer these skills and support already. I am sure that the Minister knows that that is already happening...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)

"Is not the argument that the Opposition are making that the public and quasi-public sector is not necessarily making it work now? We do need employers. Employers constantly say that they want to take the lead, and that is exactly what the Bill enables...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)

"Employers and jobs are not coterminous in a particular area. In southern Humberside and Lincolnshire, we want to ensure that our local skills plans cross those borders, because that is where the jobs are. Coterminosity with local government and quasi-local government does not work, and it will not work for …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)

"
I was a college lecturer in the era that the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington mentioned. Curriculum 2000 was an absolute, unmitigated disaster. AVCEs—advanced vocational certificates of education—were withdrawn very quickly. The money that was pumped in was pumped into all the wrong places, and we ended up in …
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)

"
The reality is that university education is not skills education. That is the problem. We have people doing lots of different types of degrees, and they are leaving, as graduates, with no skills, and are not employable in the majority of places.
..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

"It is an absolute joy and delight to be here to talk about this Bill, which I wholeheartedly support. It speaks to places such as Great Grimsby. To level up properly, we really need to support technical education. That is something we have needed to do for decades now. Despite …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 27 Oct 2021
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing this private Member’s Bill forward, and thank the Minister for his hard work in this field. As we know, the matter of skills in schools is absolutely, utterly vital. The extension of careers guidance to those in year 7 is important, because as …..."
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