programme

ambitious

comprehensive, major, massive, radical, wide-ranging

The school launched a major programme to improve literacy skills across all year groups.

modest

long-term

regular

varied

The school offered a varied programme of sports and music activities for all students.

pilot

The government is testing a pilot programme in three cities before rolling it out nationwide.

party, political

government

collaborative, joint

The university created a collaborative programme where students worked with local businesses on real projects.

action, development, improvement, modernization, privatization, research

economic, expenditure, investment, recovery

The government launched an ambitious economic programme to create new jobs in rural areas.

austerity, closure, cost-cutting

aid, assistance, relief, welfare

assessment, testing

degree, education, educational, literacy, training

The school offers a new literacy programme to help adults improve their reading skills.

care, health

The government launched a new health programme to help people stop smoking.

exercise, weight-loss

breeding, building, conservation, defence

The government started a new conservation programme to protect endangered species in the rainforest.

agree (on), develop, draw up, establish, organize, plan, set up

outline

The manager outlined the new training programme during the staff meeting yesterday.

carry out, implement, launch, run

expand

offer

The university offers several new programmes in engineering and computer science this year.

finance, fund

The government funded a new after-school programme to help struggling students.

embark on, undertake

enrol on

follow

complete

disrupt

The bad weather disrupted the training programme for the entire week.

aim to, be aimed at sb/sth, be designed to

The training programme was designed to help young people develop practical skills.

include sth, involve sb/sth

offer sth, provide sth

in a/the ~, on the/your ~

I have three meetings scheduled in my work programme this afternoon.

~ for

The school has an exciting programme for students who want to learn coding this summer.

~ of

The hospital introduced a new programme of exercise classes for elderly patients.

the aim/objective/purpose of a programme

radio, television/TV

current affairs, documentary, factual, news

comedy

educational

children's

cookery, wildlife, religious, etc.

phone-in

see, watch

listen to

record

do, make

host, present

Sarah presented a cooking programme on television for five years.

broadcast, screen, show

in a/the ~

The cooking show featured three different recipes in this week's programme.

on a/the ~

The famous singer was on the programme for three nights last week.

~ about/on

There's an interesting programme about climate change on the BBC next week.

concert, theatre

match, race

in the ~

The band's information is listed in the programme for tonight's show.

exciting, interesting

musical, sporting

arrange, draw up, plan, organize

The committee organized a new training programme for all the employees.

include sth

~ of

The school organized a programme of sports activities for students during the summer holidays.