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Focuses on some reports concerning issues on education in Great Britain that was published by newspapers in the country. Account on the A-level league tables by Richard Garner of "Independent"; Coverage on the Secondary Heads Association 2003 conference by Tony Halpin in "The Times"; Views of Liz Lightfoot of the "Daily Telegraph" on the education funding crisis in the country.

Focuses on the media coverage of issues concerning education in Great Britain as of March 2005. Content and tone of a speech delivered by Secretary of State, Ruth Kelly, at the Secondary Head Association conference; Responses of secondary head teachers to the speech of Kelly; Comment of Tim Andrews, Secondary Head Association president, on financial issues involving parents and state schools.

The article offers information on several events related to education in Great Britain for fall and winter 2011-2012, including the conference "Widening Participation & Fair Access After the White Paper" in London, England on October 18, 2011, the Anthony Walker Memorial Lecture in Bristol, England on October 21, 2011, and the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in Birmingham, England from March 23-24, 2011.

Deals with the education-related issues published in the "Daily Telegraph" newspaper. Agreement between Catholic bishops and former British Education Secretary Estelle Morris; Solution to the funding crisis in higher education; Highlights of the Commonwealth Education Ministers conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The article presents information on a number of education-related conferences and meetings taking place in Great Britain in June and July 2011, including the Emotional Neglect in the Early Years: Causes, Consequences, and Practical Solutions, Developing Valued, Accessible, and Effective Apprenticeships, and the Future of Vocational Education: Implications of the Wolf Report.

The article focuses on the research papers presented to the annual conference of the British Education Research Association which show that many of the government policies have failed. Researchers found that Great Britain's specialist school policy did not succeed and sports colleges did not perform better than non-specialist schools.

Reports on the National Deaf Society annual conference in Great Britain on June 18, 2004. Theme of the conference; Speaker at the conference; Workshops that will be executed in the conference.

A calendar of education events for Great Britain in May 2011 is presented which includes the conferences "Radically Reforming Education: Will the Schools White Paper Deliver Higher Standards?," "Academy Status for All Schools: The Implications and Timetable," and "The Future for School Sport."

The article presents information about a variety of education-related conferences and meetings in Great Britain between February-May 2011, including the Academy Status for All Schools: The Implications and Timetable in London, England, Behaviour and Attendance in Schools: New Approaches to Improving Standards in London, and the Education Bill: Radical, but How Will It Work? in London.

The article presents a number of announcements related to conferences on education that will take place in England, including the Future for School Sport in Manchester on May 25, 2011, Developing Valued, Accessible and Effective Apprenticeships in London on June 7, 2011, and Academy Status for All Schools: The Implications and Timetable in Manchester on June 23, 2011.

The article presents information about a number of education-related conferences in Great Britain, including the Child Protection After Munro: Implications for Professional Practice in Challenging Times in May 2011, the Future for School Sport in May and June 2011, and Developing Valued, Accessible and Effective Apprenticeships in June and July 2011.

A calendar of education events in Great Britain for March-May 2011 is presented which includes the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the conferences "The Early Intervention Grant: Making Tough Choices at the Local Level" and "The Future for School Sport."

Information is presented about topics discussed at a meeting about teacher education organized by the College of Teachers in Great Britain, which was called in response to the research study "The Importance of Teaching." The perspectives of several education officials including Sue Tanner, Principal of Chalfonts Community College, and Member of Parliament (MP) Ian Mearns are discussed. Topics include the number of trainee teachers in Great Britain and the model of teacher education in Finland.

The article offers information on various British educational conferences, including "Learning in Schools," to be held in London on December 8, 2010; the North of England Education Conference (NEEC) to be held on January 5-7, 2010 in Blackpool; and the Westminster Education Forum's Keynote Seminar to be held on January 20, 2011 in London.

The article offers information on several British educational conferences taking place in March and May 2011 including the Association of School and College Learners (ASCL) Annual Conference, Raising the Bar: How to Achieve 'Outstanding' Teaching and Learning in Your School presented by the Campaign for Learning, and The Early Intervention Grant: Making Tough Choices at the Local Level presented by Westminster Briefing.

A calendar is presented of education-related conferences in Great Britain taking place during March-May 2011, including a meeting of the Campaign for Learning about improving teaching and learning, a meeting on academies, and another on apprenticeships that will also be sponsored by the Campaign for Learning.

The article offers information about several conferences related to education in Great Britain including the Education and Skills Masterclass, the Raising the Bar: How to Achieve 'Outstanding' Teaching and Learning in Your School symposium, and the Apprenticeships and the Road to Recovery seminar, which are all produced by the British Campaign for Learning.

A calendar of education conferences and events for Great Britain in February and March 2011 is presented which includes the conferences "Careers Education & IAG: Establishing a Stronger, Unified Profession for All Ages," "Academy Status for All Schools: The Implications & Timetable," and "Behaviour and Attendance in Schools: New Approaches to Improving Standards," all held in Westminster, London, England.

The article offers information on several conferences related to education in Great Britain from November 2007 to August 2008 including the CSN Seminar on November 15, 2007, the NUT Annual Conference from March 21 to 25, 2008 and the ASPECT Annual Conference on August 29 and 30, 2008.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium sponsored by the Great Britain Conservative party on school inspections and academies is presented. Topics include schools in special measures being turned into academies, schools having their leadership replaced, and how a Conservative government would change schools in Great Britain. The symposium featured Shadow Education Secretary Michael Gove.

The article focuses on the 2007 annual national education conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) held in Great Britain. It cites the concerns expressed by professor Richard Pring, lead director of the Nuffield Review of 14 to 19 Education and Training, on the lack of institutional historical memory. The paper "No More Failures: Ten Steps to Equity in Education" was presented by Malgorzata Kuczera, researcher for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The article offers information on several education events in Great Britain in the summer of 2011 including "Developing Valued, Accessible and Effective Apprenticeships (London)," "Raising the Bar: From good to outstanding teaching and learning," and "International Primary Curriculum Summer School."

The article presents information on several educational conferences in Great Britain, including the School Improvement Conference, Comprehensive Future Conference and Developing Support Staff in Schools Conference.

Presents information on seminars concerning education in Great Britain in March 2004. Meeting organized by the Comprehensive Future pressure group and the Socialist Education Association; Presentation by the Local Education Authorities Research Group on the development of Children's Trusts across the country.

The article reports on the meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for School Governance and Leadership on May 21, 2012 in which the members tackled plans to improve the efficiency of school and academy governing entities.

A calendar of events related to education in England for January 2011 is presented, including the North of England Education Conference, a training session for clerks of governing bodies, and the Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar.

The article reports on subject matter discussed at a conference of education sector unions and education and children’s charities called "Future of Our Schools" sponsored by Great Britain's Trades Union Congress (TCU).

The article presents information about education conferences in Great Britain that will take place between November 2010 and January 2011, including the 107th North of England Education Conference (NEEC) in Blackpool, England and two conferences on teacher effectiveness that are sponsored by the Campaign for Learning in London, England.

The article offers information on a series of seminars held by the non-profit organisation Dimensions and on the "Practical Research for Education Conference 2008" to be held on July 9, 2008 by the National Foundation for Educational Research.

The article describes several educational events and conferences scheduled for November 11, 2009 in England including the "Children's Services Network annual conference" in London, the "Setting up and Managing a Successful Pre-16 Peer Mentoring Programme" in Taunton, and the "Setting up and Managing a Successful Post-16 Mentoring Programme," also in Taunton.

The article presents information on several education meetings in Great Britain, to be held in March, April, June, and July of 2012, including the National Union of Teachers (NUT) National Education conference, the "World Literacy Summit," and the "Tackling Child Poverty Conference."

Events and conferences for February and March 2010 are listed which include mentoring programs, apprenticeships, volunteer training, and effective teaching workshops in Great Britain.

The article offers information on several educational events in Great Britain to be held from November 30, 2009 through December 17, 2009 including the seminar Nurture Groups by the Children's Services Network in London, England, the "Equating and then Banking with the Rasch Model" conference by the Cambridge Assessment Network in Cambridge, England, and the briefing "Social Services for Children: Capitalising on Best Practice to Develop a New Professionalism" in Westminster, England.

Information about an education report discussed at the London Post-14 Network Conference in December 2010 is presented. Kathleen Tattersall, former leader of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), discussed an education report from British Education Secretary Michael Gove. Tattersall suggested that the report emphasized Gove's preferences for basic education, traditional school curricula, and rigorous General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) qualifications.

The article offers information on several educational conferences to be held in Great Britain from June 2010 through December 2010 including one by the Mentoring and Befriending Society on programme management, another by the Learning for the 21st Century organization on learning in schools, and one by the Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts.

A calendar that offers information on educational conferences to be held in Great Britain in 2009 is presented which includes the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Main Conference, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) National Education Conference, and a conference of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation.

The article offers information for several education-related conferences in Great Britain through July 2009 which includes the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation (MBF) in Birmingham, London, Leeds, and Nottingham, England; the MBF Peer Mentoring Training and Networking Events in Birmingham, England, and the Children's Services Network 14+ Conference titled "Raising Expectations, Raising Participation: How Local Government Will Deliver the New 14+ Agenda" at the London South Bank University.

The article offers information on education-related conferences taking place in Great Britain between December 2010 to January 2011, including a conference on school improvement sponsored by the Campaign for Learning, the 107th North of England Education Conference, and a conference on the role of the British Children's Commissioner.

The article presents summaries of two conferences related to education in Great Britain, including the annual education conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the annual Practical Research for Education (PRE) conference of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The NUT conference focused on local standards.

The article offers information on educational conferences and seminars in Great Britain including seminars by Dimensions in Southampton on May 8, 2008 and Wokingham on June 4, 2008, and Practical Research for Education Conference 2008 by the National Foundation for Educational Research on July 9, 2008.

Information about several issues discussed at the 2008 conference of Great Britain's Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) is presented. Topics include the British government's diplomas policy and the Department for Children, Schools, and Families' Children's Plan. Speakers included Secretary of State for Children, Schools, and Families Ed Balls, Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA) leader Ken Boston, and ASCL general secretary John Dunford.

The section presents a calendar of conferences on education, scheduled in Great Britain for 2007. The conference Funding for Success: Higher Education & the Economy will be held on May 29 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The event Childcare Sufficiency Assessments: Scoping Community Needs--Who, What and Where will be held on June 6 in London, England.

Provides information on several conferences on educational issues in Great Britain in March 2006. Contact information for a conference on education law being organised by education law specialists Croner; Workshops and conferences about the education Bill at Congress House in London; Speakers who will attend a conference at the London University Institute of Education.

Presents updates on congresses and conventions related to education held in Great Britain as of April 2, 2004. Impact of electronic learning and electronic assessment on children; Annual conference of the Human Scale Education at the Charity Center, Stephenson way in London about good learning.

Highlights activities and events during the winter conference of the Confederation of Education Service Managers in Great Britain in January 2003. Speakers during the event; Topics and issues discussed.

The article notifies that the National Union of Teachers is holding a conference on 8 November, 2002, at the union's headquarters in Great Britain, to look at the lower achievement of boys compared to girls. The conference includes a keynote address by Julie Mellorr, chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission.