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De Montfort University is a dynamic organisation, formed from a diverse range of specialist institutions. Its long history of excellent teaching, learning and research is founded in the technical and trade education of the |
late 19th Century. The name itself is associated with Simon De Montfort, Earl of Leicester, a distinguished figure in English history and widely credited with establishing the first parliament in 1265. In 1992, following the official opening of the Milton Keynes campus by HM the Queen, De Montfort University was born. Mergers took place with Bedford College of Higher Education, Lincolnshire College of Art and Design and Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture in 1994. Today, the university has 4 campuses at 2 centres, and special arrangements with more than 60 universities and colleges in 40 countries. It has approximately 23,000 students, 3,300 staff, and an annual turnover in the region of £106 million |
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The Local Government East
Midlands is an association
of local authorities which collectively represent local
government in the East Midlands. It exists to promote
and develop better local government and provides a
regional voice for its membership. Working alongside
a range of local, regional, national and international
partners – such
as the national Local Government Association, the
Improvement and Development Agency and the Employers'
Organisation – EMRLGA seeks to deliver better
outcomes for local people living and working in this
region. It
is managed by an executive committee of councillors
and accountable, through them, to all its member
authorities (currently all authorities in the East
Midlands).
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The
Government Office brings together the regional activities
of their Sponsor departments, the Department of Communities
and Local Government, the Department for Transport,
the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
the Department for Education and Skills,
the Department of Trade and
Industry, and the Home Office. |
Their aim is to work with regional partners and local people to maximise competitiveness and prosperity in the East Midlands, and to support integrated government policies for an inclusive society. They work regularly with other organisations in the region to make sure government initiatives are working at a local level. They also reflect back the needs of the region to the Government. GOEM also has responsibility for approving and administering various national and European grant programmes as well as several smaller funding programmes. They recognise that this region is rich in diversity and GOEM reflects this diversity and is structured geographically to help focus efforts on the differing needs of all parts of the region.
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