Go-ahead for Boris’s first academy school

The first London Development Agency backed ‘Mayoral education Academy’ is to open in Edmonton at Turin Grove School next September it was announced yesterday. The academy is expected to be the first of several opened with the backing of Mayor of London Boris Johnson and will be sponsored by a partnership between the LDA and Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).

Boris announces major boost to skills funding

Boris Johnson has announced £11.5m in funding to provide skills, training and mentoring for 8,000 young Londoners.

Public to help decide priorities for £28m grant fund

Londoners are being asked for ideas on how the pan-London body London Councils should distribute its £28m a year grants budget.

Tube extension exercise helps promote engineering

Tube maintenance company Tube Lines set 100 students the task of planning underground line extension linking Stratford to Kings Cross as part of an exercise to demonstrate the importance of engineering to society and the economy.

Intergenerational centre opens in Merton

oris Johnson was in Merton this morning to open Britain’s first ‘intergenerational centre’ which will provide training and leisure facilities for people of all ages. The centre, which was funded by the London Development Agency, was first announced in February 2008 by former Mayor Ken Livingstone.

Third Corporation of London City Academy Opens

A new City Academy sponsored by KPMG and the City of London Corporation opened in Hackney yesterday taking the number of academies supported by the Corporation to three.

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