§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teacher training courses have been withdrawn, or have suspended recruitment, broken down by subject, for 1998 starts. [51820]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following providers will be ceasing to offer the following courses to prospective students from September 1998:
- Greenwich University—history, mathematics, English, religious studies, information technology, modern foreign languages, business and information technology and science
- King Alfred's College Winchester—design and technology
- North East Essex Coastal Confederation—geography
- Nene College—mathematics, English, science and geography
- Loughborough University of Technology—design and technology.
The following providers have temporarily suspended recruitment for all the subjects they offer; these are:
Douay Martyrs Consortium—history, geography, English, mathematics, modern foreign languages, science and religious education coursesEast Midlands Initial Teacher Training—design and technology, mathematics and science courses.