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Btecs get a reprieve, UUK plans a blueprint and EDSK bows out

We had hoped that Bridget Phillipson would use the occasion of her first education questions as secretary of state to announce the appointment of an interim chair of the Office for Students. No such luck.

However, she did say that the new government would press pause on the defunding of Btec qualifications as planned by the Conservatives. Around one in six university entrants gain access to their degree programme through Btec certification.