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==Strategy==

Richard Fothergill published MEP's strategy in April 1981, having been appointed in the previous November. It had a number of innovative ideas in it, including a wide definition of its work covering computer aided learning, computer studies, microelectronics and information handling and a strong emphasis on regional collaboration.

<ref>Fothergill R., 1981, Microelectronics Education Programme: The Strategy, Department of Education and Science, London</ref> The aim of the programme was to help schools to prepare children for life in a society in which devices and systems based on microelectronics are commonplace and pervasive.<ref>http://www.edtechhistory.org.uk/history/the_1980s/MEP_strategy.html</ref>

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==Closure==

The programme's closure was announced in June 1985 and a successor organisation the [[Microelectronics Education Support Unit]] was announced.<ref>Fothergill (1988) Implications of New Technology for the School Curriculum (London, Kogan Page) page 28</ref> The programme continued until 1986 and was formally evaluated by Her Majesty's Inspectorate in that year.<ref>HMI (1986), The Work of the Microelectronics Education Programme, London: DES reported in Studies in Design Education, Craft and Technology Volume 19 Number 3 Summer 1987</ref> HMI reported "The MEP years will be remembered by those directly involved, and by most of those on its periphery, as a time of creativity and fruitful development. There was a new found and remarkable enthusiasm for IT and its potential impact on all phases and many aspects of the curriculum." Whilst the programmeProgramme was running it attracted world attention and was highly commended.

==References==

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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6217447.stm BBC Micro and Professor Hopper]

* http://www.educationengland.org.uk/history/chapter05.html

*http://www.naec.org.uk/organisations/the-microelectronics-education-programme/the-microelectronics-education-programme-strategy

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