Vince Cable slams ‘qualification inflation’ in ‘standard’ professions

By John Morgan. Vince Cable has criticised the “qualification inflation” that means entrants to “very standard” professions such as nursing require a degree. The business secretary also told a Sutton Trust event today that the government is in talks with banks to devise a loans system for postgraduates. Meanwhile, Mr Cable entered the discussion of social mobility started by Sir John Major, the former Conservative prime minister.
“I’m one of the few people in the Cabinet who didn’t go to a top school and isn’t a millionaire,” he said. Read more...