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Technical schools lavished with Gove funding criticised by watchdogMany university technical colleges are less than half fullTechnical schools set up with lavish public funds by Michael Gove are half full and often score lower results than other secondaries, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.University technical colleges (UTCs), a type of free school focusing on teaching students who are usually aged between 14 and 19, were also less likely to be rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, a report by the National Audit Office said.The UTC programme has cost £792m since it was launched in 2010 with the aim of employers and universities working together to provide technical education, according to the NAO report.Designed by Lord Baker, a minister under Margaret Thatcher, they were intended to give 14-year-olds the option of a technical, artistic and creative education, or an academic education.A total of 58 UTCs have opened in the past nine years, but 10 no longer operate as technical colleges, the NAO’s investigation found. The rest are operating at less than half capacity on average.As of August this year, the report said, 52% of UTCs were rated as good or outstanding, compared with 76% of all secondary schools. There were 4,863 students attending UTCs that were considered to be inadequate or requiring improvement by inspectors.Baker, who founded the Baker Dearing Educational Trust to promote UTCs, said: “This report records the price of everything and the value of nothing. UTCs should be judged by the success of their students becoming apprentices, studying STEM subjects at a university and getting a job as a technician or an engineer.”
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Brexit deal means ‘£70bn hit to UK by 2029'Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found.It concluded that GDP would be 3.5% lower in 10 years' time under the deal.The independent forecaster's outlook is one of the first assessments of how the economy will fare under the new deal.Founded in 1938, NIESR has no party political ties and is the UK's oldest independent economic research institute.
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QuoteBrexit deal means ‘£70bn hit to UK by 2029'Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found.It concluded that GDP would be 3.5% lower in 10 years' time under the deal.The independent forecaster's outlook is one of the first assessments of how the economy will fare under the new deal.Founded in 1938, NIESR has no party political ties and is the UK's oldest independent economic research institute.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50219036
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