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John Mackie has sent a summary of the key messages from his address at the NATECLA conference and concludes his notes with
Finally, I appreciate that many of you will want to know what’s happening about funding for the discretionary learner support fund in 2008/09. Ministers are currently considering the need for further funding however we are not in a position to give a further update at this time and will communicate information as we get it.
20 Aug 08
 
Cathy Burns
NATECLA National Centre
South Birmingham College
Cole Bank Road
Birmingham
B28 8ES
Tel: 0121 688 8121
Web: www.natecla.org.uk  
Conference page 
http://www.natecla.org.uk/content/516/national_conference_2008_valu/ 
At the NATECLA conference in July, John Mackie from DIUS said that a decision was imminent and they were just sorting out which budget it should come out of - but everything seems to have gone very quiet since then. 
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