vocational skills

Lucy Powell, the new education secretary, argues that schools can pursue academic excellence alongside technical skills, rejecting critics who claim this is a false trade-off. She emphasizes ambition for all students regardless of their educational path.

UK experts warn that cutting language courses at universities and schools risks undermining social mobility and vocational skills. The University of Exeter and University of Nottingham have proposed reductions in language programs, leading to redundancy risks for staff and elimination of language degrees at a Russell Group institution.