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The Electronic Libraries Programme, funded by JISC as a consequence of the Follett Report into UK academic libraries, began in the spring of 1995. The UK Higher Education funding councils committed £15 million to the programme, aiming to pave the way towards the fully electronic library of the future. Among the key recommendations of the 1993 Follett Report was the need to invest in IT in order that the nation's university libraries were able to exploit the developments in computing power and infrastructure happening globally. In 1995, JISC set up the Follett Implementation Group in IT (FIGIT), which issued a call for proposals within seven identified programme areas. From hundreds of proposals from all over the UK, some forty funded projects emerged.
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Superhighways for Education Consultation
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Superhighways for Education consultation launched in April 1995. Education Secretary Gillian Shephard had announced the consultation on 11th January in her speech at BETT 95
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CBI - Basic Competence in IT course
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New computing course for all sixth form pupils - Basic Competence in IT announced by CBI
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Development of the Information Society
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Development of the Information Society - an international analysis published, which was commissioned by the Dept of Trade and Industry. This report was based on a pilot exercise to determine how to measure and analyse the UK's progress towards the Information Society
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Cross-government IT
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Hansard 29.2.1996 Ministerial question leads to establishment of ministerial group drawn from across govt departments to ensure that developments in IT are exploited to the full in the national interest
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NCET, IT in Schools, Superhighways consultation
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DfEE in their Departmental Report (March 1996) outline their expenditure plans 96-97 through to 98-99. Pages 13 -18 cover technological developments including NCET, IT in Schools, Superhighways consultation
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DfES - Excellence in Cities
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Excellence in Cities published outlining plans to raise standards in inner city schools - budget £350m. Programme included establishing City Learning Centres (CLCs), a range of programmes for Gifted and Talented, and Learning Support Units (LSUs) established in inner city Secondary schools
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DfES - Playing for Success
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Playing for Success (PfS) was a national initiative established in 1997 as a partnership between the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), local authorities and the FA Premier League and their clubs. It expanded to include a broad range of sports, resulting in 18 different sports represented in PfS by 2008. Through Playing for Success, the DCSF and partners established study support centres within sports clubs' grounds and sporting venues. The centres open out of school hours and cater mainly for pupils aged between 10 and 14 who need extra help with their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills. The aim is to utilise the motivational environment of the sports clubs to encourage learning. http://www.playingforsuccessonline.org.uk/ NfER have produced a series of national evaluation reports on PfS http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/ Playing for Success is a national initiative, established in 1997 by the Department for Education and Skills in partnership with the FA Premier League and their clubs, and local education authorities. Since then it has expanded to include a wide range of professional sports, including cricket and rugby.
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NGfL - Connecting the Learning Society
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Connecting the Learning Society - National Grid for Learning Consultation Paper published. This document outlined the role and content of the proposed National Grid for Learning
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Lord Henley speech
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Lord Henley speech to NAACE conference in Brighton on 13th February 1997. Outlined the need for the role of ICT to be linked to raising standards. Mention made of forthcoming publication Implementing IT (primary), and of the GEST School Effectiveness programme 97/98 grant was £130m
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