COMMITTEE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LEARNING
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Wednesday, 7th May 2008
Room 135, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS
Present:
Ms Sue Ramsey MLA (Chairperson)
Mr Jimmy Spratt MLA (Deputy Chairman)
Mr Alex Attwood MLA
Mr Paul Butler MLA
Mr Alastair Ross MLA
In Attendance:
Mr Rab McConaghy (Assembly Clerk)
Mr Collan Cree (Clerical Supervisor)
Ms Jessica Dougan (Clerical Officer)
Mr Iain Elliott (Clerical Officer)
Apologies:
Ms Anna Lo MLA
Mr Nelson McCausland MLA
Mr David McClarty MLA
Mr Basil McCrea MLA
Mrs Claire McGill MLA
Mr Robin Newton MLA
The meeting opened at 10:35am in public session.
Apologies
Apologies are detailed above.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 30 th April 2008
Agreed: The minutes were agreed.
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Ministerial briefing on teacher education
The Committee received a briefing from the Minister, Sir Reg Empey, and departmental officials: Dr Aideen McGinley, Permanent Secretary, and Fergus Devitt, Director of Higher Education Division. The briefing focused on recent developments in teacher education. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.
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Date, time and place of next meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 14 th May 2008 at 10.30am in Room 135, Parliament Buildings.
Agreed: Second half of meeting be in closed session for discussion on the Committee’s early findings on the Training for Success scrutiny programme.
The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 11:40pm.