Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament am 2:58 pm ar 6 Chwefror 2025.
Stephen Kerr
Ceidwadwyr
2:58,
6 Chwefror 2025
The Minister is a good chap, but he has to accept that he has dismembered SDS and yet, somehow, it lives on. Perhaps he can elucidate on how the changes will ensure that apprenticeships and college places are held in equal esteem with university degrees, because that is a critical issue. Will he also reflect on my previous suggestion to rename graduate apprenticeships as degree apprenticeships?
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