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The article offers insight to policy papers published in Great Britain related to education. Topics include COVID-19 announcements affecting the Higher Education and Further Education sectors in England from January 2021; latest statistics on youth unemployment; and the support for disabled students in higher education in England.

The article informs that in response to education and skills commitments being made in the upcoming Levelling Up White Paper, David Hughes, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, said that colleges had been looking forward. It mentions about the central role that they played in local communities, the labour market, and enhancing life chances for people.

The article informs on a White Paper on leveling published by the Great Britain government with a considerable emphasis on adult skills. It mentions a national mission to work towards eradicating illiteracy and innumeracy in primary school leavers by 2030 in England, and skills, schools and families at the heart of government plans to improve public services and level up left behind areas.

The article offers insight to policy papers published in Great Britain. Topics include "Special Educational Needs and Children's Mental Health Services" by : House of Commons Library; "School Rebuilding Programme" by the Department for Education; and "Finding Funding for a Master's Degree" by House of Commons Library.

The article informs offers insight to the Levelling Up White Paper published by the Great Britain Government on education. It mentions health is an important part of the levelling up agenda, with an increased funding for the National Health Service, and raising productivity and empowering places so that everyone across the country can benefit from levelling up.

The article informs that the Great Britain government response to the recommendations on children on remand made by the Independent Inquiry into child sexual abuse in 2019. Topics include Government examines the scale and appropriateness of youth custodial remand with stakeholder engagement; and explores racial disparity in remand outcomes and provides detail on the legislative measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

The article offers information on policy papers published related to education in the Great Britain. It mentions that Initial Teacher Training (ITT) market review from the Great Britain's Department for Education. It discusses that Great Britain's House of Commons Library's guidance for students moving back on to campuses at the start of in 2020-2021.

The article offers insight to various educational policy papers published in Great Britain from 16-24 March. Topics include 2020 spending review by Philip Brien, House of Commons Library; relationships and sex education in schools by Robert Long, House of Commons Library; and the review of university admissions by Paul Bolton and Susan Hubble, House of Commons Library.

The article presents a list of education policy papers published in Great Britain in September 2020.

The article discusses the British Government's launching of its industrial strategy White Paper which engages education for its success as of November 28, 2017. Topics covered include its five foundations of productivity, and the three education policy pledges within the people foundation. Also noted are the latter's creation of a leading technical education system and a National Retraining Scheme, and additional 406-million-pound investment for science and technology education.

The article presents arguments regarding the white paper, titled "Educational Excellence Everywhere," published by the government of Great Britain. Issues and concerns are the proposal to force all schools to become academies and the majority to join multi-academy trusts or chains by 2022, shift in the policy and practice of the government's free school and academy agenda, and role of parent governors and local authorities.

The article focuses on the White Paper, "The Importance of Teaching," which outlines school system reforms in Great Britain. The reaction of teachers' unions is noted. The White Paper's foreword which includes explanations from the Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Minister Nick Clegg is discussed.

The article focuses on the views of the British Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan who made a statement on all schools becoming academies. She discussed the Government's White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere. The minister stressed that while the Government sill wanted every school to become an academy by 2022, it had always intended to be a six-year process in which good schools should be able to take their own decisions about their future as academies.

The article focuses on Great Britain Government's white paper entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, regarding access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article reports on Great Britain Government's white paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, on access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

Discusses newspaper reports on several issues concerning the education system and policies in Great Britain. Percentage of students who reached the expected literacy level in mathematics and English in 2004; Criticisms against ministers who are proposing to impose top-up fees to meet the target of sending youths to universities; Educational performance of the selective system in Kent, England.

The article informs on a paper "SPI-M-O: Statement on Relaxation of NPIs and the Re-opening of Schools" by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling on relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and the re-opening of schools. It mentions that opening of primary and secondary schools is likely to increase effective R, wherein options with fewer children in attendance are likely to fall towards the lower end of this range.

The article focuses on the concerns of British examination boards about social media backlash if they set harder test questions for students. Topics include sensitivity of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) to social media complaints and predictable examination questions that lack challenges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Also noted are regulatory requirements on limiting marks.

The article discusses various aspects of a document released by the British government on public services, including competition in education, social inequality, and social mobility.

The article offers the insights of professor Peter Mortimore regarding the education policies stated in a white paper by Education Secretary Michael Gove of Great Britain. According to Mortimore, Gove should look at the education system of Finland rather than that of Sweden to realize his vision of having a world-beating education system in the country. Moreover, Frederik Mandelin of the Swedish Teachers Union was surprised by Gove's admiration of the free school system of Sweden.

The article mentions five points for improving a school system that are explained in Great Britain's White Paper on education reform.

The author discusses the 2016 education White Paper in Great Britain. He mentions that the government sets high anticipations for each school and child regardless of circumstances and provides school autonomy to obtain those through any method that they opt. He states that greater autonomy on its own will not result to excellence and it is not enough to set free school leaders if they cannot access the expertise and resources they need.

The article offers information on the publication of a white paper by the British government about education. It mentions eight chapters covered by the paper such as vision, great teachers, and total academisation along with prevention of underperformance, fair stretching accountability, and right resources. It features insight from British State Education Secretary Nicky Morgan about bills for education in the country.

Discusses the views of writer Simon Jenkins on Labour and Conservative school education policies in Great Britain. Decision of schools to choose their pupils by examination; Expansion of the school system; Reduction of Local Education Authorities in central government agencies.

The article offers insight to new announcements on COVID-19 from all the governments in Great Britain for the period 22 to 28 February 2021. Topics include "All Households with Children of School Aged to get Rapid COVID-19 Tests per Person per Week," "New Education Recovery Package for Children and Young People," and "Coronavirus (COVID-19): School Placing Requests and Appeals – Information for Parents."

Looks at the spaces allotted by several British periodicals for education news stories as of July 23, 2004. Lack of publicity of the British government's policy on academic selection; Decision of "Independent" editors to publish a headline story on the support of ministers for the growth of academic selection; Comparison between the space and editorials allotted for stories on politics, crime and education in several newspapers.

Examines the newspaper stories and editorials published in Great Britain as of July 19, 2002 regarding some issues on education. Proposal of Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown to increase the budget for education; Proposal of Education Secretary Estelle Morris on the reform of the comprehensive education system.

The article informs that according to UCL academics Great Britain government's approach to teaching reading is uninformed and failing children. It mentions the paper argued that, for the first time in modern history, the teaching of phonics and reading in primary schools in England had changed fundamentally, and that National Curriculum.

The article reports on warnings being given by Labour Party members in concern with the white paper released by the British government. A coalition of interests in the Parliamentary Labour Party is uniting against the paper and its proposed structural change education with new independent state schools and an end to local authorities' role as providers. The news came as an influential group of educationists castigated the Government for repeatedly introducing policies which were not properly evaluated, arguing that short-term political perspectives were driving policy-making.

The article reports that British Secretary for State Education Nicky Morgan to impress the Select Committee concerning the White Paper which focuses on total adademisation. Topics discussed include the question raised by Committee chairman Neil Carmichael regarding the substance of the White Paper, the response of Morgan on who were consulted on the White Paper, and issue raised by Ian Austin and Ian Mearns about the proposed Institute Leadership at Buckingham University.

This section presents the consultation papers published by British agencies and departments in the first week of November 2015. Topics covered include the Green Paper titled "Higher education: Teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice," the proposed change to section 6.2 of the Scheme for financing schools guidance, and the proposed changes to the Fees and Frequency of Inspection Regulations for the 2016-17 financial year.

The article offers insight to the "Summary of SAGE Paper on Segmentation," paper prepared by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) and published on 23 October. It mentions that considers the scientific aspects relating to a strategy that would segment the population for making fewer restrictions within education settings in the ongoing crisis of COVID-19 pandemic in Great Britain.

The article discusses issues concerning the publication of the education White Paper titled "Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future: Building a 21st Century Schools System" in Great Britain. It states that some observers complained that the White Paper fails to include the pursuit for academic excellence in schools. The magazine "Guardian" observed that the paper aims at refining the force of competition in education.

The article reports that backbenchers, ex-ministers and Estelle Morris, a former education secretary in Great Britain are opposing the government's white paper on education. They claim that the legislation for setting up independent trust schools would not be in favor of disadvantaged pupils. The ministers suggest that local authorities be given the power to stop schools expanding. According to the British Humanist Association trust schools would lead to segregation and sectarianism in education.

Focuses on the media coverage of issues concerning education in Great Britain. Plan of the Labour party manifesto for public service reform in education and health; Emphasis given by the Conservative party manifesto on school discipline; Possible merger of Association of University Teachers and National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education.

The article presents insights on the British government's White Paper on informal adult learning. A government official believes that the government and several partner organisations can create a new movement for informal learning by working in cooperation. Another comments on the lack of commitment to reverse the projected real-terms cut in spending for community learning.

The author, a British teacher, describes her attempt to relax and enjoy her summer holiday by reading a newspaper under the shade of a tree. She notes that the news is not relaxing, and that she finds it impossible to avoid news about education. She wonders about the possible effects of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, created by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She contemplates the true aims of education.

The article informs that during his statement on the Government's Levelling Up White Paper, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove claimed that in terms of education and skills, the Government would eradicate illiteracy and innumeracy, by investing in the most-underperforming areas of the country. It mentions he stressed that higher education was critical to the economic future where there were outstanding universities, and increased research and development spending.

The article lists several summaries of consultation papers and review deadlines related to education policy in Great Britain, including one about the funding of 16-19 year old learners, one related to the removal of a statutory duty for work related learning, and one about the roles of children's services posts. The consultation papers were published by Great Britain's Department for Education and Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.

The article comments on a Green Paper launched in January 2017, titled "Building Our Industrial Strategy," which announces the British government's new Modern Industrial Strategy that includes overhauling higher technical education. It explains why the government's education policy is not actually reforming technical education. It also comments on the budget allotted for the establishment of prestigious Institutes of Technology in all regions of the country.

The article informs on a paper "The Effect of School Opening or Closure on Social Contacts in England" by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies on the impact of impact of partial school openings amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Great Britain. It mentions that results are unlikely to be strongly sensitive to small changes in attendance, and only primaries or some subset of primary year groups are back, results can be sensitive to assumptions on adult mixing, whether more like lockdown 2 or 3.

The article reflects on the comments of Great Britain Interim Chief Regulator, Dame Glenys Stacey on how Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation would set standards for exams and assessments to ensure that they would be fair to students. It mentions that it had world with school and college leaders and the government to build a substitute for exams in a COVID-19 pandemic.

The article reports a debate in the House of Commons in Britain on leadership in schools and explores the role of the teaching schools of the teachers. Topics discussed include need for good head teachers, teaching staff, payments and ratings of school. The white paper on government schools is mentioned that gives additional power and support to schools, stresses government's vison for self-improvement by schools and leadership and management.

The article reports on the launch of the White Paper "Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future: Building a 21st Century" by the British government. It mentions that the paper aims to offer pupils more of a personalised learning experience and gives parents greater assurances. It also discusses the five other key proposals and how the main changes on the School Report Card impact the schools.

The article talks about the education system in Great Britain and the Green Paper consultation for school children. Topics discussed include relation between Multi Academy Trusts (MAT) and independent schools and Universities, expansion of the grammar schools, and aim of the consultation with regards to social mobility and increase in number of schools.

The article reports on several initiatives and resources available for British education as of October 2013. The launch of a fellowship by the British Department for Education to broaden the number of participants utilized in policy decision making is mentioned. Several government reports and statistics by the Department of Education are listed. Opportunities for access to consultation papers on A-level test subject content qualifications are also given.

The article focuses on the concerns of Directors of Children's Services (DCS) on the White Paper by Great Britain Education Secretary Michael Gove, which detaches schools from local authorities (LA) control in 2011. DCS says that the changes on partnership of schools and LA could lead to a two-tier system, which may broaden the gaps in school performance. DCS adds that the changes remove early warning signs of failing schools as the White Paper eliminates schools' duty to share data with LA.