Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 21
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Accepted in Part
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Promote, review and expand veteran bursary schemes for ex-military personnel entering teaching.
Conclusion
We welcome the Department’s continued efforts to encourage ex-military personnel to enter the teaching profession. We view their experience managing people with differing levels of education as extremely valuable to schools. However, the Department should do more to promote the undergraduate bursary for veterans to increase awareness. Further, the Undergraduate veteran bursary scheme and its subject eligibility criteria should also be reviewed and expanded in order to improve uptake. We also recommend the introduction of a non-graduate route specific to ex-military personnel similar to the Undergraduate veteran bursary scheme.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government stated the veteran bursary is advertised and featured in campaigns, committing to consider how to further increase awareness. However, they confirmed the eligibility criteria remain unchanged for 2024-25 and there are no plans to introduce a non-graduate route for ex-military personnel.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We do not believe that introducing a specific route for non-graduate veterans would improve uptake, as this was previously trialled through the Troops to Teachers programme. The Teacher Degree Apprenticeship (TDA) is a new route into teaching, which will expand opportunities for people, including veterans, to become excellent teachers. The Department remains committed to promoting opportunities for veterans and supporting their journey into teaching in primary, secondary, and further education through its broad support services. Routes into Teaching and Initial Teacher Training
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