by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
As you will have seen on PSI on Monday, The Sunday Times reported that HM Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw was to be “displeased, shocked, angry and outraged” by what he claimed were attempts from the Department for Education to brief against Ofsted. We expressed...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The Government has launched a major new review to look at how local authorities can build more social housing. The work is being jointly overseen by the Treasury and the Communities department, with Danny Alexander and Eric Pickles launching the review. The inquiry...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Economy, Education & Children's Services
A report by the British Chamber of Commerce has recommended that lessons in careers should be given to primary school children in order to promote “employability” in schools. The organisation argues that there should be encouragement for schools to set up visits to...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Research by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has warned that business may be held back in taking advantage of the recovering economy by a worsening skills shortage. Inadequate skills, qualifications or experience in the workforce is hitting...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
Stephen Dorrell, Chair of the Health Select Committee, has written to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to question why NHS managers given large redundancy payments were re-employed in the health service months later. Dorrell, formerly a Health Secretary in the 1990s,...
