Sentence examples for back an academy from inspiring English sources

He talks personally to all those wanting to back an academy.

Sir Rod Aldridge, formerly of Capita, is hoping to back an academy school where 20-30% of the curriculum will be dedicated to training in entrepreneurship.

One of the most advanced projects is in Birmingham where Aston University will back an academy for 600 pupils, specialising in teaching engineering and manufacturing skills alongside more traditional studies.

Cambridge, Oxford and Eton are so far non-committal about his advances, but Lord Adonis has had a spring in his step since it was announced two months ago that Winchester College, one of the country's most venerable independent schools, had joined the programme and was planning to back an academy in Midhurst, West Sussex.

"We are still finalizing plans for which busts are going to be put back," an Academy spokesperson told us.

Meanwhile, the Exiles have also signed young outside back Tom Fowlie on an academy contract for the 2013/14 season.

But last Sunday night should not simply be an occasion for Hollywood to pat itself on the back, an event the academy can point to for the next 38 years as evidence of its noble heart.

As Carol Geary Schneider, president of AAC&U, so provocatively said a while back, the academy has fostered a "conspiracy of voluntary silence" when it comes to the liberal arts.

Two schools in London will be run in partnership with Ark, an academy sponsor backed by hedge fund money – and at least one of these will also be backed by the Sutton Trust, set up by the millionaire philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl.

But even as studios push their biggest hopefuls, like "Les Misérables" and "Zero Dark Thirty," with back-to-back screenings, most Academy members we've talked to have yet to see most of the buzzed-about films.

We are going to rebuild with English-qualified players off the back of our academy with a touch of Irish flavour but we also want to sign some world-class players".