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MEP Primary Team
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MEP established Primary Team headed by Anita Straker. The team produced a series of 7 extensive training packs with a substantial software component - the first of which (Maths) was ready in 1983. One was sent out each term and Posing and Solving Problems with a Micro, one of the last ones, was coordinated by Heather Govier
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SEC and SCDC
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Schools Council abolished, replaced by Schools Examination Council and the Schools Curriculum Development Committee
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TVEI
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Mar 05, 2011
DoE (Dept of Employment) funds Training & Vocational Education Inititative (TVEI) in secondary education £20m
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Apple Macintosh computer
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The Apple Macintosh was launched in January 1984, for the first time incorporating a windows, icon, mouse and pointer user interface in a consumer level computer. Successful in schools although in the minority, because of its simplicity of use combined with power.
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BBC Domesday Project
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From 1984 to 1986 the Domesday Project, organised by the BBC, gathered film, photographs, descriptions and data to cover the United Kingdom, publishing it all on an innovative variant of laser disc technology, LV-ROM in November 1986 in celebration of the 900th anniversary of the Norman Domesday Book.
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Butcher report 1 and 2
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Butcher report (there were 2 in 1984 ) expresses alarm at the graduate supply shortfall in IT and highlights the need not only for technicians but also for future workforce to have IT skills
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DES grants for IT INSET
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DES Circular 4/84 provided grants for In-service IT training of teachers
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Disc drive scheme for Primary
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Disc drives available for primary school computers
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Education Act
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Education (Grants and Awards) Act - gave Secretary of State power to promote particular developments in education spending
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Education Support Grants
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DES Circular 6/84 Education Support Grants announced. ESG allowed government to without money from LEA budgets, which could be applied for specific projects specified by the Secretary of State
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