Burnham Proposes Technical Education Equal to Academic Routes

UK PM Andy Burnham announced vocational education plans building on the previous coalition's University Technical Colleges and former education secretary Kenneth Baker's vision. The policy aims to put technical and academic education routes on equal footing.

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Andy Burnham’s plans for technical education build on coalition’s UTC roots

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PM’s vocational model also takes inspiration from former education secretary Kenneth Baker’s vision Andy Burnham’s plans to put academic and technical education routes on an equal footing in England have been welcomed by many, but none were more enthusiastic than the former Conservative minister Kenneth Baker. “I’m very impressed with what he has said,” the 91-year-old former education secretary,