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The article focuses on the findings of the review on the future of school building programmes in Great Britain published by Sebastian James. The document has recommended that all existing data on school building conditions should be collated and verified to be able to prioritise funding on building condition. It cites the approach that should be taken to increase standardisation in school design. It also suggests the development of national contracts for annual buildings inspections.

The article discusses a study which examines the effects of shifting from marking General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) English Literature examination essays on paper to marking on-screen in Great Britain. Researchers have analyzed the relationship between the testing modes and the marker reliability and how examiners assess such essays. The results indicate that there is no mode-related differences between the two assessments.

The article discusses British newsprint paper wholesaler Bowater Paper Corp. Ltd. The author focuses on chief executive officer (CEO) Sir Eric Bowater's business strategy as of 1971, on the acquisition of a pulp and paper complex in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, and newspaper contracts and wood resources in Southern U.S. Also mentioned are a paper mill in Calhoun, Tennessee, the newspaper industry in Great Britain, and diversification into forest products in the U.S. and Great Britain.

The article discusses the highlights of the Local Studies Group (LSG) South's first study day on military material held on April 29, 2009 at the Imperial War Museum in Great Britain. A tour of the museum was conducted. Topics covered include a walkthrough of the origins and history of the museum, the developments and challenges at the National Archives, and a project to record all British war memorials.

The article focuses on the proposal to utilize fashion and paper dolls to assist mathematics teachers in teaching the students on multiplicative principle in Great Britain. The proposal aims to help the children understand multiplication much easier through integrating fashion and paper cut outs which are entertaining and an enjoying activity. It notes that the method enhance the child's imagination, creativity, combinatorics and logic.

Presents information on several memos that were exchanged among British doctors and civil servants on the subject of government-issue toilet paper. Request of a patient to change the paper; Classification of the paper; Revision of the British Standard Guidance for Large-Scale Purchasing of Toilet Paper.

The article lists several government policy papers relevant to education, training and children's services, as of May 2019, including UK International Research and Innovation Strategy; Changes to Assessments in Primary Schools; and the Post-16 Special Educational Needs FAQs.

This article provides information on the importance of using electronic laboratory notebooks. In Great Britain, the publicly funded university project Combechem and eBank aim to dissolve the boundary between laboratory notebooks, journals, the library and teaching resources. Previous attempts at an electronic notebook sometimes failed because they did not look closely enough at how scientists actually worked. Perhaps, the technology was not available to support the kinds of or level of cooperation or searchability that individuals expected. Like the Combechem project and unlike some previous notebook software, Electronic Notebook from the firm Tripos, started with the working practices of laboratory scientists, rather than the workings of analytical instruments, for example. Handwritten notebooks are not just convenient to write in or carry around, they retain an element of the personal. In Tripos' notebook, privacy is handled in a variety of ways. Most scientists do not want to share an incomplete work. According to Tripos executive Trevor Heritage, successfully deploying an electronic notebook or in fact any workflow-oriented system, is much harder than just installing a piece of software on a desktop of the scientist who is going to use it.

The article focuses on the process behind the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. It mentions role of examination boards towards printing of an examination paper. It presents the views of Tricia Brennan, director of delivery at the AQA exams board, on the need to reach printing, distribution and sitting of the examination papers.

The article focuses on a study by Great Britain-based Waste & Resources Action Programme Recycled Paper Advocacy Team which showed that print and paper buyers are planning to significantly increase their use of recycled paper during the next five years. The study revealed that among those responsible for print and paper procurement for major organizations in Britain, more than 67% plan to increase the proportion of paper products using recycled content in the future.

Focuses on the function of paper folding as a way of learning about geometry for primary students in Great Britain. First use of metric (A-size) paper; Properties of A-sizing; Sizes of metric paper in millimeters.

The article offers information on policy papers published in Great Britain in November 2019. "Port Facility Security Officer Training: List of Approved Training Providers," which indicates the need for all British ports to have a certified Port Facility Security Officer who will implement security measures. "School Funding in England," by Nerys Roberts focuses on issues regarding school funding. "Level 4 and 5 Education," by David Foster gives an overview of both levels.

The article offers insight to policy papers published from 15-18 September, 2020 in Great Britain. Topics include "Government Response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Westminster Investigation Report" by Cabinet Office; "Financial Sustainability of Colleges in England, Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General" by the National Audit Office; and "Update on the Sale of Student Loans" by House of Commons Library.

The article informs that in the schools White Paper, "Opportunity for All: Strong schools with great teachers for your child" the United Kingdom Government outlined its plans for all schools to become academies and part of a "strong" multi academy trust (MAT). It mentions at the same time, as an annex to the White Paper, it also published "The Case for a Fully Trust-led System."

The article discusses the "Wrap-Up Project" campaign by Great Britain-based creative advertising agency WCRS as of December 2013. According to the article, the campaign works to increase awareness of homelessness in Great Britain through the sale of wrapping paper that has virus designs illustrating various illnesses to which the homeless are particularly susceptible.

The article reports on the British Health & Safety Executive's campaign to improve health and safety in the paper making, corrugated packaging and recovered paper industry. The three-year strategy, entitled Making A Difference 2008-2011, will build on a previous strategy that ran from 2005 and led to a reduction in the sector's overall reported nonfatal injury rate by 22 percent. The new strategy has set a target for reducing annual injury incidence rates from the current figure of around 1,170 per 100,000 employees to fewer than 850.

Reports on the registration of British papermaking mills under the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 according to the study conducted by the Confederation of Paper Industries. Importance of third party inspection in establishing public confidence and credibility; Number of ISO 14001 mills that are registed for the European Environmental Management and Audit Scheme.

The article reports on the claim by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) as of April 2021 that the British government failed to communicate its strategy and plans to reform adult education and skills in its White Paper. Topics include the claim by the Nuffield Foundation's Josh Hillman on the expected increased demand for post-18 education and training after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the comment by Association of Colleges' David Hughes on the IFS findings.

The article discusses highlights of the 2022 survey of multi academy trusts (MAT) trustees in Great Britain, conducted by the National Governance Association (NGA). Topics explored include the views of survey respondents on the proposed fully academised school system by 2030, the improvement in accountability which may be attributed to local governance arrangements, and remarks from NGA senior advice officer Michael Barton regarding standards for trusts.

The article discusses the examinations made by Brendan Major, the Managing Consultant of Kainos Evolve Healthcare Division, on the cost saving initiatives brought by the electronic data management (EDM) electronic alternative as compared with paper record process in Great Britain. It states that EDM systems can store, handle and distribute emails, faxes and scanned images and are also capable of integrating clinical and electronic patient record (EPR). It is noted that to remove or minimise costly and redundant processes, the National Health Service (NHS) Trusts is integrating these images and digitising paper notes to their systems allowing them to drive and design workflows.

The article features the band Paper Aeroplanes, which is made up of vocalist Sarah Howells and guitarist Richard Llewellyn. It says that Howells, who was first a member of the JyIt band, met Llewellyn after he stood up for JyIt's bass player Nia George, who died from leukemia at 21. It says that they performed first as the Halflight and has formed Paper Aeroplanes in 2009 after gaining much attention from Welsh media. It adds that the band has made successful tours in Great Britain.

As e-cigarettes become increasingly popular, MPs have tried to ascertain their safety. By Graham Cope [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyzes the Green Paper of Great Britain Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF). The paper looks into supporting families with children in the early years, family relationships and employment. There is also a deliberate emphasis on a range of home support environments throughout the paper. The policies within the paper are designed around the principle of progressive universalism.

The article presents a list of policy papers published in Great Britain in last week which includes "Education Bill" by Heather Evennett, "Careers Guidance in Schools, Colleges and Universities" by Philip Loft and colleagues; "School Funding for England." It is noted that the report "School Funding for England" revealed that a new national funding formula has contributed to a shift in the balance of funding from more deprived schools to less deprived schools.

The article reports that roughly 65 years after being sealed and deposited at the Royal Society in Great Britain, plans for building a nuclear fission reactor designed by the French physicists Hans Halban and Lew Kowarski have been unearthed. The plans were deposited in 1941 with instructions not to have them published because of World War II.

The article offers information on policy papers published over the last week as of June 2, 2020, related to education system in Great Britain. It further discusses House of Commons Library briefing on the different types of financial assistance available to postgraduate students in England; impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on separated families, maintenance arrangements and access to children; and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education while closing schools.

The article offers the author's insights on the market of several coin and paper bills in Great Britain. Topics discussed include the sale of the Treasury Bill for One Million Pounds dated September 8, 2003 and stamped CANCELLED, general sale of the Croydon Coin Auctions on April 29, 2014, and the sale of Baldwin's British Colonial Coins on May 6, 2014. Also mentioned are Marshall Aid plan after World War II, Essequibo and Demerara 1816 George III silver, and Greek coin selling.

Discusses the time of the Bank Restriction Period during the late eighteenth century in Great Britain. The movement to paper bank notes; The comparison of images from economic works of this time to those of contemporary Romanticists.

Reports on timber and paper buyers from Britain agreeing to pressurize their Scandinavian suppliers in an effort to safeguard the last remnants of the regions ancient forests. Reason for pressuring suppliers; Environmental campaigners' agreement.

The article offers information on the policy paper, "Social mobility and elite university," by Lee Elliot Major and Pallavi Amitava Banerjee, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute. Topics discussed include the policy report focusing on access to higher education and its conclusion that it will take almost a century to achieve the Office for Students' goals to provide access to highly-selective universities.

An overview of several policy papers on various issues in Great Britain published in the third quarter of 2019 is presented. Topics discussed include the House of Commons Library Briefing Paper on the increase in the number of children in England being excluded or leaving schools, data and factors contributing to child poverty in Scotland and developments in terms if children's rights.

The article focuses on the training sets of plastic tokens and cheaply-printed paper vouchers issued by Decimal Currency Boards as part of the re-education of the masses in Great Britain in 1960s. It is mentioned that Fiji went decimal in 1969 while still a British Colony and decimal training packs throughout the islands were issued by the changeover board of Currency Commissioners.

The article focuses on housing white paper introduced by the Great Britain's government impact over the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML); and discussion of several provisions related to white paper such as increment in housing facilities for older people along with management of rental services.

The article reports on the first plastic bill issued by the government of Great Britain which is better compared with paper bill and it had features that hard to copy.

The article reports that fears about a new super-strong toilet tissue that might clog up Great Britain's sewage system have been averted thanks to the swift introduction of a "flushability" test for such products. The crisis was sparked by Procter & Gamble Co. of Newcastle, England, which in January 2006 launched a fortified brand of toilet tissue. Kimberly-Clark Corp., which makes Britain's best-selling Andrex brand, cried foul. In a letter sent to Procter & Gamble and also to the industry's trade association, Kimberly-Clark said that the technology had been rejected by British manufacturers previously because of fears that stubborn tissue would clog filters at sewage works. Britons tend to fold their tissue, which makes it weaker when wet.

This article reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected proposed changes to his education reform plans. Blaire warned rebel Member of Parliaments, despite opposition from around 50 Labour Member of Parliaments, that he would not back down on the introduction of Trust Schools and greater school autonomy. The widely trailed alternative paper Shaping the Education Bill: reaching for