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The article provides details of policy papers published from September 16 to 20, 2024. Topics include international students in UK higher education, examining government policies and the economic impact; the childcare workforce in England, focusing on workforce size, recruitment, and retention; and advertising of HFSS (High Fat, Sugar, and Salt) food and drink to children, outlining government actions to restrict such advertising to tackle obesity levels.

The article focuses on recent policy papers published in United Kingdom (UK) related to education and released between July 15 and 19, 2024. Topics include the support system for special educational needs in England, youth unemployment statistics in the UK and European Union (EU), and mandatory reporting duties for child abuse in England.

The article offers information on recent policy papers published between 9 and 13 September 2024. Topics discussed include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on United Kingdom (UK) public service productivity; recent statistics and comparisons on youth unemployment; and current data and policies regarding student mental health in England. Additionally, it features the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development's (OECD) annual statistical report on international education.

The article focuses on the details of policy papers published during the week of October 14 to 18, 2024, across various sectors. Topics include a bill to transfer functions from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to Skills England, challenges in the special educational needs sector in England, and proposed changes to VAT exemptions for independent schools.

The article provides a summary of policy papers published by the Great Britain Government and parliamentary libraries from 7 to 11 October 2024. Topics include the impact of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) Bill on skills reform, trends in higher education student numbers, and recent developments in school meal policies. The report also highlights ongoing concerns regarding part-time undergraduate enrollment and school uniform costs in England.

The platformization of the creative industry has fundamentally transformed the landscape of creative work. This working paper examines the impact of digital platforms on creative workers, focusing on the dichotomy between platform control and worker autonomy. It focuses on both conventional artistic occupations like musicians and photographers as well as "new" professions like bloggers and podcasters. Although social media and streaming platforms have democratized access to global audiences and fostered unprecedented creativity, they also pose significant challenges. The precarious nature of platform-based work, characterized by irregular income, lack of job security, and the concentration of power in a few dominant platforms, or gatekeepers, raises concerns about exploitative practices and the stifling of creativity. This paper calls into question the performative nature of platform algorithms and governance structures to actively shape and influence the behaviour of creative workers, social norms and market dynamics through their design and operational logic. The paper advocates for comprehensive policies and strategies to harness the benefits of creative platforms while mitigating their downsides, ensuring fair compensation, protecting intellectual property rights, and promoting a sustainable and inclusive digital creative economy. Future research should explore definitions and measurements of creative workers on platforms, the long-term impact of platformization, and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between trade, labour and environmental sustainability by providing empirical evidence at the firm level. For this purpose, it first explores whether exporting firms are more likely than non-exporting firms to adopt green measures. Second, it assesses how labour market outcomes such as productivity, wages, education level of workers, and training provided by firms may vary between green exporters and firms that do not engage in trade or undertake green measures. The study finds that exporting firms have a significantly higher probability of adopting green measures than do non-exporting firms. In addition, on average, among exporting firms, those that implement green measures tend to have higher levels of productivity, pay higher wages, offer more training and have a similar share of workers with a university degree in comparison with exporters that do not implement green measures. However, the gain in labour productivity associated with exporting and the adoption of green measures does not seem to translate into higher wages in lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income countries; it only does so in high-income countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and explores their benefits when used to make traditional payment processes more private. PETs can decrease privacy risk by reducing the amount of sensitive information accessible to payment-processing personnel and systems. This paper proposes a framework for quantifying the risk-reduction benefits of PETs. This method can be used to calculate the amount of privacy-risk exposure that may be created by a set of payment activities, estimate the amount by which PETs can decrease that exposure, and compare that quantified benefit against possible PET drawbacks. Assessing these drawbacks is outside the scope of this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article delves into various policy papers recently published by the UK Government and parliamentary libraries, as well as insights from think tanks and other organizations. It covers topics such as T Level education plans, the integration of AI (artificial intelligence) in education regulation, findings from the National Behaviour Survey, and discussions on child poverty statistics and the UK's policy response.