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- 1. Ofqual released figures for the number of students entered for GCSE, A and AS Level and Level 1 and 2 certificate exams. The figures reveal that early entry for GCSEs, in Year 10, fell by 13 per cent. The Chair of the Education Committee, Neil Carmichael MP, called for Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to publish the Education for All Bill in draft form, in order for there to be sufficient time for scrutiny of the proposals. The Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson MP announced a £6m fund to support schools that provide a ‘wide range of activities to help broaden children’s learning experiences and boost character’. Impetus PEF published a Youth Jobs Index, revealing an average of 1.3m 16 to 24 year olds spend six months out of education, employment or training (NEET). This came as ONS figures suggested there were 865,000 NEETs, up 2,000 on October to December 2015. Lord Sugar was appointed as the Government’s Enterprise Tsar, tasked with encouraging businesses to take on apprentices. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills announced the 2016 Apprenticeship Pay Survey, designed to elicit information on training, hours and pay from apprentices. Research from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation found that 69 per cent of recruitment agencies say the shortage of bricklayers, labourers and other tradesmen is the first or second most significant risk to their business. Analysis released by Scottish Labour found that Scotland has benefited from over £340m of EU funding for apprenticeships and skills over the last 10 years. The Sutton Trust released research showing that young Scots from disadvantaged areas are four times less likely to go to university than those from wealthy backgrounds. ONS figures showed a decline in the numbers of international students coming to UK universities to the lowest level in nine years, down from 191,000 in 2014 to 167,000 last year. The Telegraph published a letter signed from more than 200 Cambridge University professors expressing ‘grave concern’ at the impact on British universities of leaving the EU. The University of Leeds announced plans to work with online learning platform Futurelearn, so that online courses will now provide credits towards undergraduate degrees. 31st May 2016