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The article focuses on British government releasing several policy papers related to education and children's welfare in England including introducing T Levels and progress report on The Best Start for Life program and the government's efforts to improve services for families.

The article lists the education policy papers published in Great Britain on September, 2021, on topics including setting of school hours; increase in repayments of any income group; and requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance.

This section offers information on research works about educational policy published in Great Britain since January 1, 2020. These include a report by Robert Long on school meals and nutritional standards in England, a research by Nerys Roberts about assessment and testing in primary education in England, and a paper by Susan Hubble, et. al, on student accommodation.

Back Pages Loo roll locusts A 56-year-old man was mugged for his loo roll as the coronavirus pandemic prompted widespread stockpiling in the capital. Owner Kharis Harvey found ten-yearold Gilly upside down in the corner of her tank and not moving. The fancy fan tail fish had a pebble in her mouth, so Kharis reached in to help. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the eight chapters of the white paper "Educational Excellence Everywhere," that was published on March 17, 2016. Topics discussed include the education excellence base on the capacity to improve and performance in England, the recruitment of talented teachers, and the empowerment of parents, communities and pupils of high performing maintained primary and secondary schools towards the academisation by 2020.

The article discusses Policy papers published last week, which includes Children in Need and Looked After Children Statistics: Proposed changes; Children's Social Care Services in England and School Places in England: Applications, allocations and appeals.

The article reports that the long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper was finally released earlier this year. And although the White Paper included some very welcome proposals on education, skills and employment, I set out here some top-line challenges and recommendations for the policy makers charged with levelling up 18-24 year-olds in England.

In the late 1980s, a potentially significant site with links to the city's medieval Jews was discovered in Bristol. The site has 'Scheduled Monument' status, granted by Historic England, and has been described as a ritual bath, ranging from mikveh to bet tohorah. This paper takes an interdisciplinary approach, discussing the complexities of interpreting the monument, its authenticity, and significance to the memory of local medieval Jewish history. This paper highlights utilises the historical narrative of the site and the roles of multiple stakeholders to frame wider considerations of prominent issues concerning identity, authority and ownership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference to be held on May 14 and 15, 2020 in Greater Machester, England.

This paper is a review essay on a new publication concerning Anglo-Jewish history: Lauren Fogle, The King's Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London. After addressing the contents of the aforementioned monograph, I concentrate on new aspects of research on Jewish medieval conversion to Christianity. The second part of the essay is dedicated to some methodological concerns. The essay closes with a discussion on the necessity of integrating the perspective of Jewish sources when writing about Jews. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the response of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy to proposals set out by the government for improving healthcare for children and young people in England in a Green Paper that focuses on mental healthcare in schools and colleges.

Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the market concentration and competition in the European Banking Sector using an integrated multi-criteria decision-making approach under the fuzzy environment. Design/methodology/approach: The hybrid model combining fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL), fuzzy analytic network process (ANP) and fuzzy VIKOR methods is applied to measure the market competition and concentration in the European Banking Sector. For this purpose, two academicians and one expert from banking sector with at least five-year experiences are selected to evaluate the dimensions, criteria and alternatives. The academicians are also appointed to define the decision-making problem and determine the dimensions and the criteria on the basis of related literature. The implementation of the model has been constructed in three main phases. The first phase consists of the fuzzy DEMATEL technique for understanding the impact-relation map among the dimensions. The second phase includes the fuzzy ANP method for measuring the relative importance of the criteria. The last phase comprises the fuzzy VIKOR approach to rank the alternatives with the values of the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI). Findings: Turkey, France, England and Germany are placed in the competitive market structure of the European Banking Sector respectively. Additionally, the comparative results of the study confirm the market shares and the competitive policies of the European and Turkish Banking Sector. Originality/value: The novelty of the paper is to construct a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making model with the proposed HHI scales under the fuzzy environment and defined competition dimensions and criteria based on the literature for the European Banking Industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the exhibitions "Chris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat," scheduled at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, England through June 22, 2014, featuring work from the filmmaker Christian Hippolyte François Georges Bouche-Villeneuve, also known as Chris Marker, and "Life Without Sheets of Paper to Be Scribbled on Is Masterpiece," scheduled at the Camden Arts Centre in London, England through June 29, 2014, featuring work from the artist Moyra Davey.

This paper explores how ‘recovery’ from grief is negotiated in bereavement care practice in England. What constitutes recovery from grief remains contested in bereavement research and practice. In this paper, I outline some of the debates in the literature concerning what constitutes recovery following bereavement before presenting interview data from bereavement counsellors and support workers to discover how practitioners negotiate recovery following bereavement in practice. The findings show mixed responses to the use of the term recovery. I highlight six components that emerged across the accounts and that the participants agreed were important to the success of bereavement counselling. However, rather than provide an empirical basis for recovery, the findings in this paper reveal the conflicts and ambiguities that exist in bereavement care practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the amount that the British government plans to invest in a set of proposals that will possibly transform children and young people's mental health care in England.

The article calls for submissions of papers for the 22nd British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) Research Conference, which will take place in Brighton, England from May 20 to 21, 2016.

The article focuses on the recommendations of Education Policy Institute (EPI) on how the government should proceed with testing and examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and A-level exams in England in 2021. Some of the recommendations include providing greater optionality in exam papers so that students would have a better chance of answering questions, allowing some grade inflation and also forming a back-up plan for exams in the case of cancellation.

This article gives a brief history of the creation and first two years of the Campaign for Education in Brighton and Hove. It makes a case for grass-roots responses to the various neo-liberal policy initiatives undermining all phases of public education. This article was written prior to publication of the White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere. Since then the campaign has acted as the centre of a broad mobilisation against the White Paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the release of documents in heavily redacted form by the Department for Education (DfE) under the Freedom of Information Act in 2017. The documents include information about the use of unofficial Office for Standards in Education report in justifying an academy transfer and the investigation of a multi-academy trust for director's payments. The DfE cited reasons for redactions to paper of headteacher board, which include withholding individuals' personal information.

The article informs that the Government's schools White Paper, "Opportunity for All: Strong schools with great teachers for your child," contained within it an aspiration that by 2030 all schools in England would either be part of a "strong" Multi-academy Trust (MAT) or in the process of joining one. It mentions research from NFER criticised the Government's claim that large MATs can manage their finances more effectively than other types of structure.

The article reviews the London, England exhibitions "Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art" at the National Gallery, from February 17 to May 22, 2016; "Pre-Raphaelites on Paper: Victorian Drawings from the Lanigan Collection" at the Leighton House Museum, from February 12 to May 29, 2016; and "Botticelli Reimagined" at the Victoria & Albert Museum from March 5 to July 3, 2016.

The article presents the discussion on Westminster Government publishing a White Paper, ‘Working Together to Improve Health and Social Care for All. Topics include supporting shared decision-making about self-management and facilitating onward access to treatment services; and providing new and enhanced services in primary care providing half the funding.

The article reports on the move by the Department of Education to offer free period products like tampons and pads to all schools and colleges in England as of January 2020. Under the program, supplier phs Group will supply period products to schools and colleges. Also cited are the guidance issued by the department on relationships, sex and health education, as well as the comment of Children and Families Minister Michelle Donelan on the program.

The article offers information on the green paper proposals by the government in England to reform mental health services for children and young people, discussing the criticism of government's plans, the increase in training provisions by the government, and the new mental health support teams.

The article discusses the paper of Jonathan Supovitz, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, that urge the American educators to adapt the English education system. Topics include the role of school teachers to manage the student behavior within a school, the difference between the teaching model in the U.S. and Great Britain, and the effort of U.S. education team to adapt the "Teaching Leaders", a program of Great Britain education system.

The article reports on a paper published by the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies which suggests the need for every young person in England to be offered state funding of £10,000 to spend on a university or training course of their choice after they turn 18. The idea is made to be eligible also for adults who had missed out on university. The report recommends the cost of tuition to students to effectively be cut through the suggested new system.

The article reviews an exhibition of the installation artwork "Totaller: 15" Deep Pan Stuffed Crust Portuguese Man O'War" at the Paper gallery in Manchester, England February 28-April 11, 2015 and an exhibition of photography by Mark Adams at the PS Mirabel gallery in Manchester February 26-April 11, 2015

Information about The Histories of Morris In Britain conference held in March 2017 in England. Topics discussed include study of the neglected Carnival Morris, various forms of community entertainment in the 18 century, and the correlation in the popularity of bell ringing against the decline of morris dance. Scholars who presented their papers at the event include John Forrest, Michael Heaney, and Lucy Wright.

The article discusses report of the BBC Health News that the charity Freedom4Girls, which normally provides sanitary products to women in Kenya, have been contacted by a school in Leeds, England due to concern of teachers over girls regularly missing days as they can't afford sanitary protection.

The article examines manuscript notes in a portfolio of loose sheets of paper in Edinburgh University Library in Scotland which shows a glimpse of the life of English poet, playwright and actor William Shakespeare and his circle. Topics discussed include notes about the Southwark and Hackney boroughs in London, England, the use of the Tabard inn by Shakespeare's group as their headquarters and the great Southwark fire of 1676 which burned down the Tabard.