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'We're not here to make life difficult': our further education and skills visits

Posted by: Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on: 30 September 2020 - Categories: apprenticeships, further education and skills
Teenage students sitting around a desk

Paul Joyce, Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, discusses our further education and skills pilot visits.

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