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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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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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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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TVEI
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DoE (Dept of Employment) funds Training & Vocational Education Inititative (TVEI) in secondary education £20m
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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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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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DTI Micros in Secondary Schools Extension
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DTI provides £2.1m for Micros in Secondary Schools (Extension project) - schools (4,000 schools) could purchase printers, colour monitors, memory upgrades, disk drives, VELA electronics box and the BBC Buggy
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CNC Machine Tools for Further Education
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Dept of Industry funds scheme for FE to purchase advanced CNC machine tools budget £5m (50% funding) Scheme to run for 2 years, and administered by National Engineering Laboratory, Glasgow Hardcopy of Press Notice
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BBC Buggy
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The BBC Buggy was a robot kit designed by Mike Bostock to support the BBC Computer Literacy Project. It was driven from the BBC microcomputer.
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DTI Primary Scheme
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DTI Micros in Primary Schools scheme contributes 50% of cost of 1 computer (cassette loading) in every primary school (BBC, RM480Z or Sinclair Spectrum) Scheme ran from Oct 82 to Dec 84. 27,295 schools participated Scheme included the MicroPrimer Package, a suite of software with documentation produced by MEP. The pack had been developed by It was put together by Don Walton and contained software mostly specified by MAPE Micros and Primary Education) members.
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