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Explains why a former teacher in Great Britain is relived to be quitting the further education system after 25 years of service. How department heads of further education colleges treat their lecturers;Level of efficiency of the system.

Reports that Great Britain's Office for Standards in Education inspection head, Mike Tomlinson has criticized the government's science curriculum review. Comments from a spokesman for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA); Factors affecting science and information technology.

Presents newspaper articles which dealt with issues regarding education in Great Britain as of December 10, 1999. Remarks on the initiative of London, England's Islington local education authority of paying pupils to do their homework; Call for improvements and innovations in ways of teaching; Views on sex education in schools and the law on bullying.

Focuses on education-related issues in Great Britain, taken from different newspapers. Contention that failures in education cannot be blamed on parents; Views that bright pupils will do just as well at comprehensive schools; Article which contends that the army is right to recruit young offender.

Reports that the former head of the judiciary in England and Wales, Lord Mackay of Clashfern has questioned the legality of a Government-inspired pilot to return marked exam scripts to schools. Purpose of the return of exam scripts; Statement from the former Lord Chancellor on the legal implications of the move.

Questions if educators are achieving effectiveness or creating an effect in managing their institutions. What policies, prospectuses, development plans and league tables may be concealing; Achievements of effectiveness; What must be done to be effective; Ultimate measure of effectiveness.

Reflects on the education sector in Great Britain. Recalling the 1989 science curriculum; Use of OFSTED documents by people in education; Improvements needed.

The article presents proposals covered in the Green Paper entitled "Schools that Work for Everyone" in Great Britain. The green paper is about independent schools assisting directly the state-funded sector by making more good places and providing more option and control for parents. According to Mike Buchanan, chairman of HMC, the plan could herald a new era of cooperation between independent schools and government to provide education to generation of children from lower income homes.

The article reports on the white paper presented by the Prime Minister of England, David Cameron, to parliament that signaled a radical reform to their schools. The prime minister proposes that education should continue to raise the quality of new entrants to teaching and reform initial teacher training. It also emphasizes teacher-to-teacher professional development and the creation of schools outside of local authority control.

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 reports on the launch by the British government of a new Modern Industrial Strategy with a Green Paper titled "Building Our Industrial Strategy" in January 2017. The strategy's focus is on an overhaul of higher technical education and a renewed emphasis on skills. It is said to be part of Prime Minister Theresa May's Plan for Britain that includes expanding the number of specialist free mathematics schools and encouraging more people into STEM subjects.

Presents an overview of research papers on education in Great Britain published in different journals. 'The British Education Research Journal'; 'Assessment in Education'; 'The Cambridge Journal of Education'; 'Educational Psychology in Practice.'

Comments on the significance of the Green Paper on the education sector in Great Britain. Educational aims; Smokescreen of academic and vocational parity; Significance of the Green Paper for those whom early entry into vocational studies is the most motivating and engaging educational strategy.

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.

A calendar of events related to education in Great Britain for spring and summer 2011 is presented which includes the conferences "The SEN Green Paper: Implications for Children and Families," "Sustainable Fundraising for Changing Times," and "A Creative Curriculum for Collaborative Learning."

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.

Analyzes the Green Paper on 14-to-19 education and training in Great Britain. Fundamental reform in post-compulsory education; Agreement between the Association of Colleges, the Secondary Heads Association and the National Association of Head Teachers to work together for the reform of education and training; Proposals for an overarching matriculation diploma at three levels.

The article offers information on the new Modern Industrial Strategy with a Green Paper introduced by the government of Great Britain regarding the improvement of technical education and the focus on industrial skills. It states that the strategy outlines ideas to address sector-specific opportunities and challenges. It mentions that the improvement of technical education aims to tackle its undervaluation in the country.

The announcement that the Government has effecively abandoned its 'Educaion for All' Bill, unveiled in the Queen's Speech on 18 May, was made quietly via a writen Parliamentary statement. Its demise, however, does not come as any great surprise. The doomed Bill's origins were in the widely-trumpeted White Paper, Educaional Excellence Everywhere, announced on 17 March by Jusine Greening's predecessor as Educaion Secretary, Nicky Morgan. The most controversial aspect of the White Paper was the proposal that all schools either had to have converted to academy status or have plans in place to do so, by 2022. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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.

The article reports that the Oxfordshire County Council, county of British Prime Minister David Cameron in South East England, is expected to approve the paper "Future Arrangements for Education Support for Oxfordshire Schools: Report by Interim Deputy Director - Education and Learning" on February 23, 2016. Topics discussed include the paper setting out a national context to a move to 100 percent academisation of schools. Also mentioned is the county managing its vestigial accountability.

The article offers information on consultation papers released by the Department for Education of Great Britain, as of November 2015. Topics include a paper related to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which include an impact assessment that focuses on effects of government's recommendations; and a paper related to interventions regarding failing, underperforming, which includes documents on issues like dealing with proposals for dealing with maintained schools.

The article discusses that Russell Group has published a joint statement on ensuring fair assessment and protecting the integrity of degrees amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the Great Britain. It mentions that Group pledged to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, by taking students individual circumstances into account, in line with current approaches taken in all its universities, but with an enhanced focus on the Covid-19 impacts.

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.

The article offers information on the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper released by Great Britain's Chancellor George Osborne in which he has discussed about education budget. Various topics discussed include parental choice in selecting schools for education, academization of underperforming schools and country's education policy.

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 offers information on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the education in the Great Britain. It mentions the impacts of the new variant on health outcomes, to inform options to minimize the direct and indirect health harms and wider social and economic harms for children and the wider population.

Comments on the result of the 2004 government certification for secondary education (GCSE) mathematics examination in Great Britain. Total number of pupils getting higher grade; Question on the validity of the result; Impact of the changes in the teaching system on the GCSE.

This article focuses on BELMAS, which is the British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society. BELMAS brings together a wide cross-section of those in leadership positions in education. Its new chairman is a secondary school head, its outgoing chairman a distinguished academic and researcher and his predecessor was an LEA inspector. This breadth of membership made for a particularly good conference in Milton Keynes at the beginning of October. Keynote addresses from speakers as diverse as Welsh Education Minister Jane Davidson AM and the distinguished American academic, professor Karen Seashore of the University of Minnesota, complemented a wide range of papers.

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 focuses on Technical Advisory Group is the group of scientific experts that advises the Welsh Government on COVID-19. It mentions on paper on the effect of the Welsh Government's national lockdown, or fire break, in Wales on the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in educational settings. It also mentions COVID surveillance study indicates that there is now evidence of higher levels of infection and transmission in school based age groups.

The article focuses on Great Britain's government advice on COVID-19. It mentions national lockdown in England now in force there has been an increase in documents on COVID and that is reflected in advice for education settings. It also mentions issues regarding COVID-19 education recovery group for children and young people and people with learning disabilities had higher death rate from COVID-19.

The article focuses on role children in transmission of COVID-19 update by Children's Task and Finish Group (TFC). It mentions TFC concluded that prevalence has risen significantly in school age children, with the rise increasing initially among those in school year 12. It also mentions potential role for school opening, causation, including the extent to which transmission is occurring in schools, is unproven and difficult to establish.

The article presents details of The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation's acceptance of consultation papers on reforms pertaining to regulations of The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), The General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ( A) and Advanced Subsidiary level ( AS) for England.

The article discusses the research on the importance of the effective use of text books in Great Britain. Topics include the falling standards of textbook content in Great Britain, the main features of quality textbooks for students, and the future for textbooks in digital or electronic book. Also discussed are the textbooks in the 1960s and 1970s as beacons for high quality.

The article offers information on the new consultations published in Great Britain in February 2014 on education. It discusses a consultation paper titled "Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions" published by the Department for Education (DfE) to support pupils at school with medical conditions. It also discusses a consultation paper titled "Management of Independent Schools: Proposed regulations" published by the DfE on proposed regulations affecting independent schools.

The article looks at coverage of education-related issues in the British press, as of February 2014. It discusses a report in the "Independent" newspaper on the decision of British Education Secretary Michael Gove to remove Sally Morgan as chair of the British Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) board and subsequent coverage of the topic and its political ramifications in other British newspapers.

The article assesses the British government's legislation and policies aimed at improving the condition of education in the country. Topics discussed include the author's assertion that the government got it right with regards to drafting the policies under the Higher Education and Research Bill, the factors that make it hard for the government to compose effective policies for further education and the weaknesses of the Schools That Work for Everyone Green Paper.

The article reports that Great Britain's Education Committee met and took evidence for its inquiry on fostering on March 1, 2017, and took evidence into the impact of the British exit or Brexit from the European Union (EU) on universities in Great Britain and Scotland on March 7, 2017.

The article informs that following the announcement of plans to trial an extended school day in Wales, Laura Doel, Director of NAHT Cymru, said that while there may be some educational benefits to reforming the school year, schools were yet to be provided with any evidence that supported extending the school day. It mentions she argued that all the focus from the Government had been on the school day fitting in with family life and working patterns.

The article offers the author's views on the 2017 education consultation paper in Great Britain which expressed the government's belief on the greater and more direct role of universities in improving school quality and student attainment. The government has required higher education institutions to establish a new school and sponsor an academy as conditions in charging higher fees.

The article focuses on the "Work for Everyone" consultation paper by the Great Britain's government regarding involvement of universities in management of schools in the country. Topics discussed include association of universities in improvement of educational quality at schools; analysis of government approaches for management of higher education services; and establishment of schools under state system.