…college, not university https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/vast-majority-of-scottish-access-students-go-to-college-not-university/ Conor Ryan: Scotland’s Access Challenge https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/scotlands-access-challenge/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 In 2013-14, 55% of Scots entered higher education by the age of 30, with 20.9%…
Four Epochs of Education
…some interesting links: http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/no4_miller.pdf http://www.bmj.com/content/329/7473/1013 http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/538415/Clive-Dimmock_workshop.pdf Lorna Sibbett | 27 March 2014 A core matter to address is the barriers put in place by those in the business of educational…
Bright, poor students are being let down in academy chain schools, suggests study
Our fourth yearly Chain Effects report on academy chains and disadvantaged students is covered by Rachael Pells in The Independent. Read the full article here….
CECIL (Coaching Early Conversations Interaction and Language)
…of areas of development were shown to benefit from setting attendance including socio-emotional and cognitive development, short-term language benefits of group settings were not found in SEED.” The vast majority…
Speaking Up
…have been singled out for their accent in the workplace https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/over-a-quarter-of-senior-professionals-from-working-class-backgrounds-have-been-singled-out-for-their-accent-in-the-workplace/ Having a working-class accent does not mean that somebody is less capable https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/having-a-working-class-accent-doesnt-mean-somebody-is-less-capable/ 14276 26309 29542 3 3 Key…
Education Committee report on the role of RSCs refers to Chain Effects
…is now confused, fragmented, and lacking in transparency”. The main overall recommendation of the Committee was for the role of RSCs to be clarified within, and aligned with, the greater…