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Centres of Excellence for IT and High Technology and Millenium Bug Training
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3rd June 1998 (doc 284/98) Blunkett confirms (formerly announced on 23rd March 1998) on behalf of DfEE £90m budget. £60m is allocated to help small firms and individuals in specific industrial and commercial sectors to gain new and update existing skills. Funding is to equip and set up Centres of Excellence for IT and High Technology Training. The remaining £30m is for Millennium Bug Training (this was due to widespread unrest as to what would happen to IT systems at midnight on 31.12 1999 as it was believed that systems might shut down as they tried to switch to 2000 in the date string. Hardcopy of Centres of Excellence for IT and High Technology Training available Also D.Blunket announcement of £60m to help small firms
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European Schoolnet
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European School Net (EUN) launched Sept 1998. EUN links national electronic networks of schools, teachers and pupils in 18 countries and provides access to high quality resources and opportunities for professional development and collaboration. The UK National Grid for Learning and the Virtual Teachers Centre are part of EUN
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Meeting the Challenge of Change - tests for trainee teachers
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In December 1998 Green Paper Teachers - meeting the challenge of change was presented to parliament. This document announced plans to introduce new national tests for all trainee teachers in numeracy, literacy and ICT. Mention is made of increasing the number of classroom assistants and how ICT can reduce the administrative burden on classroom teachers
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Creating Learning Cultures: Next steps in Achieving the Learning Age
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NAGCELL (Nat Advisory Group for Continuing Ed and Lifelong Learning) published report Creating Learning Cultures: Next steps in Achieving the Learning Age ISBN 0855119454
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Modernising Government
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Modernising Government published and presented to parliament (March 99). Set out a new package of reforms to improve government interface with general public and between departments. Electronic delivery of all dealings with government by 2008 was one of the targets. Section 5 Information age : government refers to specific IT uses. This was part of £160m package under European Social Fund Opportunities
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Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
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Jacqui Smith, Schools Minister, announced on 9th September 1999 £146m in 00/01 for LEAs to raise standards of achievement for ethnic minority pupils through the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant Press release
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Excellence in Cities and Education Action Zones
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Mar 05, 2011
David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Education and Employment delivered a speech on 3rd November 1999 outlining government's plans to tackle social exclusion. Mention is made of £350m Excellence in Cities programme and Education Action Zone programme. Hardcopy of booklet relating to speech
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Excellence in Cities
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Excellence in Cities strategy, plans to place City Learning Centres (CLCs), based in secondary school within LEA, budget £100m
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NOF
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Government's New Opportunities Fund (NOF) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) training scheme for teachers and public librarians introduced. £230m for Teacher training and £20m for Librarian training and £50m for digitisation of content
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Regional Broadband Consortia
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BETT 2000 speech announces: £37m of the £205m NGfL Standards Funds 00-01 is earmarked for eight regional broadband consortia covering over 80 LEAs in England NOF funding £20m available to provide teachers with portable and desktop computers - Subsidy available is £500 towards cost
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