On Wednesday 24th February Stephen Williams, in his capacity as Liberal Democrat spokesman for Innovation, Universities & Skills, spoke about the Party's policies for higher education at the Times Higher Education pre-election debate.
Mr Williams took part in this debate with his counterparts from the Labour and Conservative parties: David Willetts (Conservative spokesman) and David Lammy (Labour Minister).
The Liberal Democrat view was well received by the audience, who voted for the policy they believed to be the most sensible at the end of the debate, and (as you can see from the photo here) the yellow Liberal Democrat cards were displayed by many of the audience members.
This event came shortly after Stephen met with constituents from Bristol West to discuss issues affecting Britain's young people during the recession and how to tackle the rising numbers of NEETs (those not in employment, education or training) under the Labour Government. Here, Stephen heard the views of people from Bristol who were concerned about the prospects for young people in these difficult economic times. To read more about this story please follow this link:
