Post-18 Education

Layla Moran Excerpts
Tuesday 20th February 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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My hon. Friend is right and he has only to look north of the border to see how that works.

Layla Moran Portrait Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD)
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The Secretary of State spoke about choices made at and after 18, but he will know that many students make those choices at 13 when they choose their GCSEs. The National Audit Office report on the higher education market identified high-quality careers advice and financial education as part of how we can fix the system. Will the review include that?

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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The hon. Lady is right to talk about the choices that are made early. That is why drawing attention to the so-called facilitating subjects can be useful for keeping people’s options open for higher education. The point also highlights why we need to make clear early in school the routes to technical and vocational as well as higher education.