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Why SEND Could Be The Next Big Battle For The Government
Why SEND Could Be The Next Big Battle For The Government
Education
After a bruising effort to avoid a major rebellion over its welfare reforms, the government now faces the challenge of selling its plans for SEND to Labour backbenchers. 
Education Secretary Holding SEND Meetings With Labour MPs To Avoid Repeat Of Welfare Rebellion
Education
Education Secretary Holding SEND Meetings With Labour MPs To Avoid Repeat Of Welfare Rebellion
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Health
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
Absent Minds: How To Solve The Crisis Of School Absenteeism?
Education
Absent Minds: How To Solve The Crisis Of School Absenteeism?
UK Student Interest In US Universities Falls Sharply
Education
UK Student Interest In US Universities Falls Sharply
Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott: “I See Smartphones As The Equivalent Of Giving Children Cigarettes'
Education
Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott: “I See Smartphones As The Equivalent Of Giving Children Cigarettes"
'Everything Has To Be On The Table' When It Comes To Student Finances, Says Shadow Chancellor
Education
"Everything Has To Be On The Table" When It Comes To Student Finances, Says Shadow Chancellor
Opinion
We must help future graduates excel by giving universities sustainable funding
Education
By Professor Malcolm Press
We must help future graduates excel by giving universities sustainable funding
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
Education
By Lord Blunkett and Sarah Smith MP
Ministers must act now to make Child Trust Funds accessible for disabled children
UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth Partner content
Education
By University of East London
UEL’s blueprint for inclusive economic growth
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How Ruthless Will Starmer's Reshuffle Be?
How Ruthless Will Starmer's Reshuffle Be?
Political parties
Women in Westminster: In Conversation With Sharon Gaffka Partner content
Women in Westminster: In Conversation With Sharon Gaffka
By Total Politics Impact
Social affairs
When will Keir Starmer do his Cabinet reshuffle?
When will Keir Starmer do his Cabinet reshuffle?
By Jim Murphy
Political parties
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
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Parliament's People Awards ##sash##
Parliament's People Awards
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Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
Education
Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
A dramatic increase in children judged to have special educational needs has created another dysfunctional market driving councils into insolvency, reports Justine Smith
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
Health
By Tali Fraser
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its author, Baroness Cass, speaks to Tali Fraser about being newly introduced as a peer and how she responds to critics. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system
Education
By Matilda Martin
SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system
“Lose, lose, lose.” That is how former Conservative education secretary Gillian Keegan described the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England, widely described as broken.
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Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on school funding in England
Commenting on the Governments funding plans for schools in England, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL calls for new GCSEs and A-levels to be approved as soon as possible
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), called on the Government to get its act together and sort out the delay in accrediting the new GCSEs and A-levels which pupils will be being taught in September.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to funding for higher education in England for 2016-17
Responding to the publication of the government's annual grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Dame Julia Goodfellow, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, said:
Ending digital exclusion: pioneering charity chief builds on her OBE success Partner content
Education
By Good Things Foundation
Ending digital exclusion: pioneering charity chief builds on her OBE success
The Tinder Foundation CEO and self-proclaimed “digital evangelist,” Helen Milner tells PoliticsHome how digital inclusion can change lives.
Partner content
Education
By National Audit Office
Entitlement to free early education and childcare
The Department for Education has made significant progress in providing 15 hours of free childcare to more parents of 3- and 4-year olds and parents of disadvantaged 2-year-olds, according to the National Audit Office. It has not yet, however, achieved full value for money because it cannot track the effectiveness of its substantial investment of 2.7 billion.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
New vaccine could save thousands of lives
Work led by University of Exeter experts could help to protect thousands of people from an often fatal disease found in most tropical regions.
Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
University of Exeter environment expert appointed to advise the Government
A University of Exeter academic has been appointed as an advisor to help the Government develop and implement a new 25 year plan for the environment.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on possible scrapping of baseline assessment
Commenting on a Schools Week story that the Government may scrap baseline assessment for reception children, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
UK university gets €700,000 grant to study future security of water, food & energy provision Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
UK university gets €700,000 grant to study future security of water, food & energy provision
Researchers from the University of Exeter are leading a pioneering international research project to deliver new guidance for governments to safeguard long-term provision of crucial natural resources.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Accountants respond to worsening number of incomplete apprenticeships
CEO of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Helen Brand OBE respondsto new research which revealed a third of people who take onapprenticeshipsin Britain are failing to complete them.
Childhood under attack – protecting schools in times of war Partner content
Education
By UNICEF UK
Childhood under attack – protecting schools in times of war
A former BBC war correspondent and Independent MP, Martin Bell warns that "the world is failing to keep schools safe for children affected by war" and calls for the UK to sign up to the Safe Schools Declaration.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
More than 100 University leaders highlight vital role of EU in Sunday Times letter
Today,103university leaders have written an open letter, publishedin the SundayTimes,whichhighlights how the UK membership of the European Union enhances the positive impact of universitieson our economy, driving growth, generating jobs and ultimately improving peoples lives.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
University leaders voice support for EU membership
Following the Prime Ministers announcement that the EU referendum will be held in June, university leaders in the UK have underlined their strong support for continued membership of the European Union.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Government concessions to assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2
Responding to the Governments concessions to pupil assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
To give every child the best start, the quality of early education matters Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
To give every child the best start, the quality of early education matters
Shadow Minister for Civil Society​ Anna Turley calls for the Government to ensure "early years education is top quality for every child."
Partner content
Health
By University of Exeter
Gene could help identify psychosis risk in cannabis users
Researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL (University College London) have identified a gene which can be used to predict how susceptible a young person is to the mind-altering effects of smoking cannabis. The finding could help identify otherwise healthy users who are most at risk of developing psychosis.
Partner content
Education
By University of Hertfordshire
Around five million crowd workers in the UK ‘gig economy’, new research finds
Findings prompt calls for further research into impact on workers rights, consumer protection and tax revenues
Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity Partner content
Education
By Good Things Foundation
Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity
A campaign to help people improve their basic digital skills has today been launched by the Tinder Foundation - a charity which supports digitally and socially excluded people.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Teachers question accuracy of baseline assessment – ATL/NUT survey
Baseline assessment does not accurately reflect what four-year-olds can do and disrupts their start to school when many are in education for the first time, according to research* carried out for ATL and the NUT by UCL Institute of Education.
Partner content
Education
By Airbus
Female engineers triumph on UN day
Women engineers are celebrating being the very best of British after a glittering red-carpet ceremony in London.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to UCU report on university leaders’ salaries
A Universities UK spokesperson said: The remuneration packages of vice-chancellors are determined by independent remuneration committees at each individual institution and are publicly available in universities annual reports and accounts.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Government must act urgently to tackle shortage of teachers - ATL
Commenting on the National Audit Offices report on training teachers, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By National Audit Office
Training new teachers
Government spends 700 million a year on recruiting and training new teachers, but has missed its recruitment targets for the last four years and it needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms, according to the National Audit Office.
‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns
Careers advice and education is in desperate need of more funding and needs better support from employers, the general secretary of a leading teaching union will tell MPs.
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
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Parliament's People Awards
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The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards