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Education Journal No.109 (2008-01)
Editorial
There are some exciting developments taking place in the evidence-based reform movement, yet ministers are wary of evidence that does not fit their preconceived ideas.
Features Section
Soft subjects
Mike Baker discusses research from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on whether some GCSE and A-Level subjects can be proven to be easier than others.
Self-regulation in further education
Regulation of the further education sector costs the Government around £400m a year. Ian Nash explains how reinvesting this cash could help create world-class community colleges in England.
Understanding the brain
Diane Hofkins describes how neuroscience can help inform education and facilitate personalised learning, and looks at the OECD’s latest neuroscientific research.
‘Next Generation Learning’ – promoting the benefits of technology in schools and FE
Stephen Crowne, chief executive of BECTa, on the agency’s Next Generation Learning campaign to change the way we use technology in schools and colleges.
The value of partnership working
Robert Hill explains why partnership activity is now an essential feature of the secondary school and college landscape.
The fight to stop funding cuts for equivalent or lower qualifications
The Government plans a £100m funding cut for those taking equivalent or lower HE qualifications. John O’Leary illustrates how this conflicts with its own skills agenda.
Higher Ground
John Izbicki looks at Teesside University’s first Crime Day, changing vice-chancellors at the universities of Nottingham and the West of England, Valentine’s Day, dangerous drinking, and research on single mothers.
Standards in Wales
Our Wales editor, Professor Ken Reid, reports on worrying findings in the first annual report of the new Welsh Chief Inspector for Education and Training, Dr Bill Maxwell.
A neat political ‘fix-it’?
Professor Colin Richards argues that the rhetoric of the Government’s brief to Jim Rose concerning his primary curriculum review embodies a number of contradictions.
Letter from Scotia
Our Scotland editor, John Dobie, provides further information on the ‘historic’ concordat between COSLA and the Scottish Executive, which frees councils from micro-management and central planning.
How did CSAs fare in the 2007 CPA process conducted by the Audit Commission and Ofsted
We report on the 2007 Comprehensive Performance Assessment rankings for the top tier of local government, which reveal continuing improvement.
NUT General Secretary Steve Sinnott, 1951 - 2008
Steve Sinnott, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, died of a heart attack on the morning of Saturday 5 April.
Centre Stage
Chris Webb-Jenkins, of law firm Browne Jacobson, on how the Children and Young Persons Bill will help improve provision for looked-after children.
Care Matters implementation plan
Our children’s services editor, Chris Waterman, reports on the implementation plan for children in care.
Children’s Health
Reclassifying cannabis, children with learning disabilities and the UK School Games, obesity, falling suicide rates, vaccination, a ban on tea and coffee in schools, and a safer design of school chair.
Media Watch
Press coverage of the annual conferences of the NUT, NASUWT and ATL.
General Section
Day trips to Auschwitz
John izbicki supports the Government’s decision to provide £1.5 million to send two sixth formers from every school in the country on trips to Nazi concentration camps.
Academies: a legacy or tombstone?
George Low reviews We Pay the Piper – They Call the Tune, published by the Russell Press in January for the Anti-Academies Alliance.
Obituaries
We record with regret the deaths of Andrew Fairbairn, former chief education officer of Leicestershire, and John Burchill, former chief inspector of Wandsworth Council.
Reference Section
Conferences
We report on the ASCL annual conference.
Document Digest
Reports Digest
Reports from CSAs, produced by EMIE at NFER, include those covering prevention and early intervention in Buckinghamshire, a joint commissioning framework toolkit in Cornwall, the SEN Code of Practice in Kent, an ICT strategic development plan in North Somerset, a corporate parenting strategy in Peterborough, and the reconfiguration of services within the CSA in Shropshire.
Research Section
Research Notes
Our research editor, Michael Marshall, looks again at the publication of NFER’s 2007 Annual Survey of Trends on behalf of the Local Government Association.
Participation – current work and future directions
In her regular column, Sue Rossiter, NFER Chief Executive, writes about two new reports that give heads’ and senior managers’ views on the progress of integrating children’s services.
NFER ongoing research
SEN and Ethnicity
Ray Harris, School Improvement Officer at Lewisham Council, reports on research investigating why pupils from some ethnic backgrounds often feature prominently among those identified with special educational needs.
Research Digest
Research Abstracts
Parliament Section
Two major education Bills
Our parliamentary editor, Nick Kent, reports on the passage of the two major education Bills of this session, the Education & Skills Bill in the Commons and the Children & Young Persons Bill in the Lords.
Scottish Graduate Endowment Bill passed
Arabella Hargreaves, editor of EPM Scotland, reports on the final debate on the Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Bill.
The Webb Review and skills
Helen Grimmett, editor of EPM Wales, reports on the publication of the Webb report on further education, Promise and Performance, and a debate on the Skills that Work for Wales strategy.
Parliamentary Questions
Answers to written parliamentary questions include those on the number of surplus places in secondary schools in the House of Commons, support for children with learning difficulties who experience school bullying in the Scottish Parliament and support for children with dyslexia in the Welsh Assembly.
Phoenix
The NUT ablaze, David Cameron and Ol’ Blue Eyes in America.
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2008
Education Journal No.108 (2008 - 1) Click here
2007
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2006
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2005
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