EMWPREP would like to confirm that at the NEON Annual General Meeting on the 22nd June 2015, Emma Church as EMWPREP Coordinator was accepted to sit on the NEON Executive Committee. Her term of office will be June 2015 to June 2017.
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National apprenticeship qualifications could attract a new generation of trainees
Apprenticeships are the big hope for rescuing Britain's skills base. During the election campaign, David Cameron promised three million extra places. This pledge is a massive increase on the total of 440,000 people, from all age groups, starting an apprenticeship in 2013-14. Read More
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OU vice-chancellor: slump in part-time study is ‘a tragedy’
The decline in the number of part-time students in the UK university sector is a “tragedy” for individuals, families and society, according to the new vice-chancellor of the Open University. Peter Horrocks will use his first speech to call on the next government to put part-time study at the “front and centre” of the higher education agenda. Read More
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Children put off sport by parents, according to MCC survey
Children as young as eight are being put off sport by the behaviour of their parents, a survey has found. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which is responsible for cricket's laws, and cricket charity Chance to Shine spoke to 1,002 children aged eight to 16. Of those surveyed, 45% said the bad behaviour of parents made them feel like not wanting to take part in sport. Read More
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Current Vacancies: REACH Partnership
As part of the new National Networks for Collaborative Outreach, the REACH partnership based in Leicestershire are seeking to appoint a Development Officer to develop and deliver activity related to the partnership’s NNCO Strategic Plan. The position will include ensuring that an increased number of collaborative activities are organised by the partnership; increasing the partnership’s visibility through increased attendance at in-school events; and providing an enhanced level of information to ...
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New GCSE reference tests ‘could be compulsory’
New National Reference Tests to help set GCSE grade boundaries could be made compulsory for thousands of pupils in England. The exams regulator Ofqual previously suggested the tests would be voluntary. But the Times Educational Supplement (TES) says hundreds of schools could be forced to enter a sample of their year 11 students. Read More
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Poorer children fall behind in literacy and earn less in later life, study says
Poorer children who fall behind in reading at an early age earn around 20% an hour less in later life, according to a study commissioned by the Read On. Get On.campaign, which says poor-quality nursery provision is letting the most disadvantaged children down. Campaigners say the quality of private nurseries – which make up 75% of England’s provision – is too variable and weakest in the most disadvantaged areas. Read More
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Many young pupils ‘can’t communicate’
Too many children are starting school in England unable to speak in simple sentences or control their behaviour, a study says. The Early Intervention Foundation's analysis found a fifth of children lacked the expected personal, social and emotional development by age five. A quarter of children were unable to communicate at the level expected for their age, it added. Read More
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GCSEs and A-level subjects culled by Ofqual
The often-maligned subject, media studies, has survived a cull of A-level subjects as England's qualifications watchdog moves to toughen examinations. Ofqual is scrapping home economics, citizenship studies and communication and culture A-levels. GCSEs in catering, digital communications, expressive arts and home economics are also being axed. Read More
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Almost half of English universities plan to recruit more students after cap is lifted
Almost half of English universities plan to expand their student intake over the next five years, with some setting ambitious targets to increase recruitment by as much as 50%, a survey by the Guardian can reveal. Of the 70 universities that responded to the Guardian’s survey, 32 plan to take advantage of new funding rules that allow institutions in England to recruit an unlimited number of home and EU undergraduate students. Some 29 institutions do not plan to expand undergraduate numbers, whil...
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