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<p>Initial teacher training (ITT) bursaries of varying amounts are available to eligible
trainees, depending on the academic year in which they undertake their ITT, the subject
in which they are training to teach and their highest relevant academic award. The
amounts and eligible subjects change each year based on assessment of need informed
by the targets and past performance.</p><br /><p>Scholarships are awarded to those
trainees who have gone through an additional selection procedure over and above that
of their chosen ITT provider. These were available in 2012/13 in physics, and from
2013/14 in chemistry, computing, maths and physics.</p><br /><p>The table below shows
a breakdown of the total number of trainees who have received training bursaries and
scholarships (where relevant) over the last full four academic years, 2011/12, 2012/13,
20/13/14 and 2014/15.</p><p><br></p><p>Table 1: Summary of the number of trainees
that received training bursaries or scholarships in academic years 2011/12, 2012/13,
2013/14 and 2014/15</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bursary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scholarship</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6348</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>6,348</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>16759</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p><strong>16,846</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>17434</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p><strong>17,635</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>16359</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p><strong>16,781</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p>
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