A SIGNIFICANT bursary has been awarded to a local student who hopes to qualify as a solicitor.

VITAL training is being given by the GTA University Centre and it should continue, despite uncertainty over its future funding, according to new chief executive Fiona Naftel.

THE outgoing chief executive of the GTA University Centre said that he hoped the institute would continue its good work following a challenging year.

AN AMENDMENT that would have given the States the final say on when the financial regulator stops funding the GTA University Centre has been withdrawn.

GTA University Centre board member Ken Gibbs has been elected chairman of the Guernsey Skills Strategy Development Group.

BOARD-LEVEL tension at the Guernsey Training Agency has been acknowledged for the first time.

CONFIRMATION that five directors of the GTA University Centre have resigned is a depressingly logical step in what has been the systematic dismantling of one of Guernsey’s treasured institutions.

FIVE of 13 directors who have served on the Guernsey Training Agency’s board for a combined total of 50 years have resigned.

COMMERCE and Employment’s chief officer used yesterday’s IOD lunch to try to allay fears that setting up a skills agency would create more bureaucracy and stifle the GTA University Centre.

GTA University Centre directors were saying little yesterday about discussions held at a crunch meeting.