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Apprenticeships ‘May Well Be The Better Route’ Than University | Jacqui Smith
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11:09Now Playing“We need two thirds of young people to be getting qualifications of level four and above.”
University may be the “appropriate route” for some people, but “we also need more young people to be able to take that apprenticeship route as well”, says Labour peer and skills minister Jacqui Smith.
Jacqui Smith was speaking to Salma El-Wardany sitting in for Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 6am-10am.
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