News: Government Announcements

ESFA Update: 5 May 2021

Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.

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Fast track immigration route opens for prestigious award winners

Streamlined route to work and live in the UK opens for prize winners from across science, humanities, engineering, the arts and digital technology.

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UK and India sign ground-breaking partnership migration deal

Landmark agreement will allow young British and Indian nationals to work and live in each other’s countries and accelerate the removal of illegal migrants

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UK-India agree partnership to boost work visas for Indian nationals

UK and India have signed an ambitious new migration partnership, which will see both countries benefit from a new scheme for Indian and British professionals.

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Improvements introduced to marriage registration system

New electronic system to modernise the way marriages are registered.

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Artist shortlist for national Windrush Monument revealed

The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain.

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Landmark Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent 

The bill provides protection to millions of people who experience domestic abuse and strengthens measures to tackle perpetrators.

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Response to the Government Office for Science

Professor Brian Bell, chair of the MAC, responds to the Government Office for Science on updates to the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees.

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Reappointment to the Tribunal Procedure Committee

The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has approved the reappointment of Gabriella Bettiga as member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee .

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The UK’s Integrated Review, Global Britain in a Competitive Age

Speech by Ambassador Louise De Sousa on the UK’s international strategy, delivered at the AthenaLab webinar, Santiago, Chile, 20 April 2021.

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Navigating global challenges: speech by Laura Clarke

British High Commissioner to New Zealand, Laura Clarke spoke of the global challenges ahead and how the UK and New Zealand can work together on shared goals such as tackling climate change and rebuilding from COVID-19.

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