Times Higher Education report on Ed Miliband’s announcement at today’s Sutton Trust/Pearson Summit.

In a speech this morning, Labour leader Ed Miliband was set to say technical degrees would be the party’s priority as it expands university places from 2015, adding that vocational qualifications should have “equal status” to traditional university courses.

The new degrees, whose courses will be designed and delivered in partnership with employers, will ensure higher education is not reserved for young people who have chosen a “conventional academic route”, Mr Miliband was to say.

Speaking at a conference organised by the Sutton Trust, an educational charity, Mr Miliband was to explain that he is proud of Labour’s record of higher education expansion, but that vocational education had been neglected.

Read the full article by Jack Grove here.

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