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In the news · 8 July 2019 · FENEWS
Boris Johnson pledges £100 million “retraining fund” to boost #apprenticeships and vocational qualifications
Money alone not solution to tackling university bias
Boris Johnson’s yesterday (7 Jul) announced that if he becomes Prime Minister he will aim to boost non-university options and reinvigorate plans for a £100 million “retraining fund” to give those already in the labour market useful skills.
We need to make sure that we… properly fund all manner of technical and vocational education – from further education colleges to apprenticeships – and if I am lucky enough to be elected, we will,” Boris said, “Their [apprentices] expertise will be indispensable to the future of this country – and guess what: none of them have been to university.” Boris Johnson
