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The article presents headlines related to dance from "The Independent" and "The Guardian." Writer Chris Maume of "The Independent," comments on the documentary video "Strictly Baby Ballroom," in Great Britain. "The Guardian," ran a double page feature on Tango by Chris Moss, saying that tango dancers including men can walk well in heels. It also ran a feature about Carole Edrich's love of the tango.

Presents issues on tuition fees in Great Britain which were featured in several newspapers after the First Reading of the Higher Education Bill in January 2004. Prediction on the tuition fee debt; Survey on fee policies by universities; Campaign against the Higher Education Bill.

Focuses on the story about leading British public schools allegedly combining to fix school fees, featured in the newspaper "The Times." Assessment of the value of the issue; Doubts on the intention of the publication for featuring the issue.

Reviews two magazines published by teachers' unions in Great Britain. "The Teacher," from the National Union of Teachers; "Report," from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

Presents a list of headlines of stories published by several newspapers in Great Britain, as of April 2004. "Classroom Assistant's Husband Tackles Minister Over Her "Check-Out Staff Pay"," published by the "Independent"; "Universities Urged to Widen Admissions," published in the "Guardian." "Universities Get Backing for Bias to State Pupils," in "The Times."

Presents education-related issues featured in several British newspapers in December 2002. Implication of high tuition fees for the decision of working class students to attend college, by Tony Halpin of "Times"; on the rate of university dropout students in the country; Report on the curriculum vitae of Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith in "Newsnight."

Presents news briefs on several publications which tackle issues on education in Great Britain as of June 2002. Support of 'The Times' to Home Secretary David Blunkett in his call for all the children of asylum seekers to be educated in accommodation centers; Disclosure of the total money that has been spent on parental ballots to abolish selection in the 'Daily Mail.'

This booklet contains abstracts of research reports, papers, and other material on the topic of young people and education, especially in the United Kingdom. The abstracts are arranged in the following categories: social and educational developments, programs, and periodicals. Within each of these sections, the abstracts are arranged and numbered in clusters according to prime subject matter. The subjects covered in this volume are the following: education (planning, resource allocation); higher education (access, control, students, financial support); programs (Commonwealth, community, transition, work experience); schools (character, approaches, outcomes, retention of students, student participation); experiences, attitudes, expectations, and destinations of school students; policy and programs of Technical and Further Education (TAFE), and attitudes and views of young people. (A list of the topics is provided at the front of the booklet.) For this final issue for 1983, the subject and author indexes are published separately from the abstracts and cover all materials abstracted from November 1982 to November 1983. (KC)

Discusses reports published in two newspapers in Great Britain regarding the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey conducted by the Organization for Education Cooperation and Development. Score of Great Britain in the survey; Countries which experienced shortage of qualified and experienced teachers.

Presents news featured on several publications on the educational plans of the Tories in Great Britain, as of April 2004. Plan to scrap catchment areas for school places; Abolishment of the proximity rule used by popular schools to determine admissions.

Provides information on education-related articles and issues tackled in several periodicals in Great Britain. Proposal of British Education Secretary Charles Clark to reform standards in secondary education; "Private Sector to Bid for All New Schools"; Views of Tim Brighouse on education.

Presents various news and issues concerning education reported by some periodicals and newspapers in Great Britain as of June 2005. Plan of Prince Charles of Wales to establish his own teacher training institute to fill the gap in education, featured in the "Daily Telegraph"; Front cover of the "Guardian" in its education supplement featuring Prince Charles; Research by the children's charity National Children's Homes concerning the growing trend of bullying by camera phones featured by the "Guardian."

The article reports that general practitioners and immunization experts have dismissed allegations that medical practices massaged records to boost pay. The periodical claimed that children were recorded as having received up to 60% more vaccine than they normally would. The British Department of Health took the allegations by the "Sun" newspaper seriously, but declared that there has been no evidence to support the paper's claims.

Presents several headlines related to education featured by newspapers in Great Britain in 2005. "The Times"; "Newsnight"; "Daily Mail."

Presents information on several issues on education reported in various periodicals in Great Britain. Efforts of independent schools to fix fees; Change in name of Ofsted Ltd.; Suggestion of former Downing Street press officer Fiona Miller regarding the abolishment of grammar schools.

Characterizes the British periodical 'Financial Times.' Criticisms on the periodical; Assessment of the plans of Dame Marjorie to sell the periodical; History of the establishment of the periodical.

The article discusses the market conditions for free papers in Great Britain as of September 2006. Rupert Murdoch's News International launched its free afternoon paper called thelondonpaper to compete directly with Associated Newspapers' the London Lite for the niche market of the under-35 affluent urbanite. Both papers focus on entertainment news, gossip, and London-specific content. The article discusses the competition among free papers and its effectivity as an advertising medium.

Presents news briefs on education gathered from several newspapers in Great Britain as of February 4, 2005. Implementation of zero tolerance in classroom disruption; Nicotine patches to be offered free to children as young as 14 in a drive to reduce underage smoking; Update on the financial challenges being experienced by Cambridge University.

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.'

Focuses on prevalent scenario in Great Britain amidst growing political presence of Germany in various countries of Europe. Questions asked by U.S. visitors to Great Britain on the censorship of films and on editing of foreign publications like "Time"; Comment on diplomatic pressure from Germany on the press of various European countries to desist from printing anti-Nazi material with speculations on possible impact on Great Britain; Structure of commercial press in Great Britain; Potency of British laws against libel; Constituents of Incitement to Disaffection Bill.

Anti-Corbyn smear falsely targeted Interpal as "terrorist." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a list of research journals in Great Britain. Information on the "British Educational Research Journal"; Features of "The Curriculum Journal"; Facts about "School Leadership and Management" journal.

This article presents information on the attitude of the British press towards the United States. Although reporting must be designed to sell newspapers and appeal to large segments of the population, some of the material seems strangely selected. In the "American Column" that appears daily in the "Daily Express," the emphasis is on the odd pieces of news, insignificant happenings, human interest anecdotes. The pattern is similar, there is an initial case of misinformation or distortion of information, followed by reactions from outraged citizens and somewhere along the line, facts of the story are lost, misplaced or obscured.

The article discusses "The History of the Times," vol. 4, "The 150th Anniversary and Beyond, 1912-1948." "The Times," published continuously at Printing House Square, London since 1785, is more than a newspaper. It is a national institution that has long played a role, sometimes a highly creditable one, sometimes reverse, in the shaping of British policy and even in its implementation. Consequently the history of the Times provides the student of modern Great Britain and indeed of the modern world, with an indispensable supplement to the history of its times.

The article focuses on "Topic," the best-selling newsmagazine in Great Britain. It states that "Topic" has emerged mostly as a creditable hash of what had already been printed in the daily press. It also notes that Topic's board members are convinced that the magazine can break even with a newsstand sale of 65,000 and can show a profit of 90,000 a year.

The article reports on the comments published in the "Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine" about healthcare in Great Britain. The paper suggested that healthcare in the nation is being undermined by poor nursing education, standards and an over-reliance on technicians and minimally educated healthcare assistants. The comments were from Linda Shields, professor of nursing at the University of Hull, and Roger Watson, professor of nursing at the University of Sheffield.

The article presents information about the January 30, 2006 issue of the journal "EPM Weekly Bulletin." This issue covers parliamentary activity connected with education, children's services and training on January 23-27, 2006, and future activity planned beyond that. The Public Accounts Committee published its 21st report of the Session 2005/06 on January 24, 2006. The Committee cancelled its original business, which was the taking of evidence for its inquiry into special educational needs. It met in private to try and achieve a consensus among its members for its report on the education White Paper.

Barbara Smith, who has just retired, looks back at her 47-year-career as a reporter and editor at "The Economist." I joined the foreign editorial department of The Economist in 1956, sneaking over from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Naturally, the paper was different then. Our correspondent in Beirut, whom we shared with the Observer, was Kim Philby, who was spying for the Soviet Union. If shame for Britain's part in the Suez affair set off my exasperated affection for the Arab world, a far deeper, European, shame fed my passionate advocacy of Israel's existence, a passion that survived, just, my first visit to the Middle East. One way and another, it has been a steamy half-century. Inevitably, I have often disagreed with the paper's policies: for instance, when, from time to time, we veered sharply to the right, when we supported anti-communist third-world monsters--in cold-war terms, bastards but our bastards--or when, as at present, we seem to me to be much too closely identified with official America. During two crises the paper was painfully split. The first was the Vietnam war, which we supported, and the second was this year's Iraqi war, which we also supported. Neither occasion, I would submit, was our finest hour. Yet, did those of us who disagreed strongly with the paper's line, resign on principle? We did not. Shameful that, I agree. Over the years, I've invented excuses for myself, but the truth of the matter is that The Economist is too enticing a place to leave easily.

Presents information on several journals about education in Great Britain in 2004. "British Journal of Educational Psychology"; "British Educational Research Journal"; "Studies in the Education of Adults."

Presents several academic journals which published papers on various topics related to education in 2003 in Great Britain. "British Educational Research Journal"; "Teachers and Teaching"; "Educational Research"; "Educational Studies."

The article offers information on reports published in various periodicals in Great Britain regarding education. "Western Mail" reported that local authorities were worried about the behavior of children when travelling. "Guardian" reported that some examination chiefs were planning to set up surveillance on question papers to stop people from getting previews of A-levels and General Certificate of Secondary Education.

The article presents a list of research periodicals received by the journal as of March 2009, including "Open Learning," "Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice," and "School Leadership and Management."

The article presents a list of papers from recently published academic journals in Great Britain. They include "Johnny Won't Read, and Susie Won't Either: reading instruction and student resistance," "Either You Have Misunderstood the Directions, or You Are Not Playing the Game," and "Group Creativity: musical performance and collaboration."

Reports developments in the National Literacy Trust organization in Great Britain. Availability of the next issue of the journal "Literacy Today," produced by National Literacy Trust; Creation of a new logo of the Trust; Publication of a position paper which brings together the evidence on how to help the most disadvantaged improve their literacy skills by the Literacy and Social Inclusion Project, a three-year Basic Skills Agency national support project being delivered by the Trust.

Provides information on journals featuring articles on education-related issues in Great Britain. "Educational Studies"; "Prospero"; "Research Intelligence."

Provides an overview of several journals about education in Great Britain. "Gender and Education"; "Educational Psychology in Practice"; "Theory and Research in Education."

Presents updates on academic journals in Great Britain as of July 2003. Focus of the 2004 issue "Journal of Research in Reading"; Issues being tackled in the 2004 issue of "Research Intelligence" newsletter of the British Education Research Association; Plans for the content of "London Review of Education" journal.

The article reports on several education research reports published in 2011. An article on the use of formative assessment in complex learning was published in Vol. 18 of the journal "Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice." A report on ordinary schools in Great Britain was published in the periodical "British Journal of Sociology of Education." An article on teacher professional development was published in "European Journal of Teacher Education."

Presents Information about the British fleet sailing out of Portsmouth harbor, England to war, cheered on by their fellow countrymen and mine, waving Union Jacks and baying for blood from the ramparts of the ancient harbor castle; Live telecast of the event from the deck of the fleet's flagship, HMS Hermes; Condition of the British press which was passing through prolonged doldrums; Details of corruption in various periodicals.

The article presents information on research published in two journals on education in Great Britain. "Culture, Instruction and Assessment," by Robert J. Sternberg, is published in the journal "Comparative Education." "The Boys Present … Hegemonic Masculinity: A Performance of Multiple Acts," by Leanne Dalley-Trim" is included in "Gender and Education."

Provides information on several academic journals received by Education Publishing Co. Ltd. in Great Britain. "Compare"; "International Journal of Music Education"; "Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management"; "Journal of Research in International Education."

Presents information on several journals related to British education published as of September 2004. "Cambridge Journal of Education"; "Educational Management Administration and Leadership"; "European Journal of Teacher Education."

Presents information on journals received by Education Publishing Co. Ltd. in Great Britain as of April 23, 2004. "Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management"; "School Leadership & Management"; "Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice"; "International Journal of Music Education."

Presents several letters to the editor regarding several previously published articles and various socio-political issues and developments. Information about the history of a British Academy supporting a previously published article. Comments on an article concerning the Irving Place Theatre of Germany; Criticism of the repetition of expressions while reviewing two different books on same topic.

Discusses issues on education as highlighted in different newspapers and periodicals in Great Britain as of March 17, 2006. Incapability of undergraduates to write a grammatical sentence; Educational reforms being proposed by Prime Minister Tony Blair; Proposal to standardise admissions criteria in Church of England schools.

This paper presents a speech by Kenneth Harris, correspondent for the London Observer, delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Speech Communication Association (SCA) International Discussion and Debate program, December 28, 1972. It is a curious fact of life, not so much that the international debate exchange which the prime minister regards with such high esteem is conducted with success, but that such an exchange takes place at all. Not only is there no such thing as the SCA in Britain; not only is there no such thing, in the context, as speech; but also there is no association of teachers at any level of the educational structure that can be compared to SCA in terms of character or function. Students who might wish to analyze the contribution to our culture of the great orators can not find any specialists to help them. The approach to speech in Britain is still empirical and not theoretical. When it comes to doing, of course, the story is different. There is, therefore, a great deal of debating at all levels of the educational structure, and it is safe to claim this: in any debating society at any level in British places of education one will usually find a concentration of the best brains and personality on the campus.

The article discusses various British journals related to education, including "Educational Management Administration and Leadership," "Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice," and "Forum for Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education."

The article announces that the special issue of "Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice" has reviewed the implementation of clinical guidelines on common mental health problems in Great Britain. The opening papers have discussed the work of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. The remaining papers also discuss the implementation issues for some particular disorders such as self-harm, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.

The article focuses on the warning issued by Ray Paul, a professor at Brunel University in England, about the negative impact of the use of journal rankings to select the best research papers to submit to the 2008 research assessment exercise (RAE) in Great Britain. The results of the RAE will be released in December 2008. In an opinion piece in the "European Journal of Information Systems," Paul said it was common knowledge that universities had used journal rankings to decide which papers to submit to the RAE, despite rules disallowing it. INSET: THE LEADING COMPUTER SCIENTIST RECRUITED BY BIRMINGHAM.