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Schools are predominantly set up to teach children born in different years. With twins and multiples, it can become a challenge to ensure their needs are considered and that they are included. This extends to how teachers and schools communicate with them and their parents, whether or not the siblings are taught in the same
Continue reading Teaching Twins and Multiples: A Teacher’s Guide
With many schools, teaching unions and teachers expressing concerns about how safe the classroom is – despite reassurance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), an article by Yvonne Williams in the Times Educational Supplement (TES), asks how many teachers have decided to quit their profession.
Yvonne Williams is head of English
Continue reading Managing Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention
Thousands of roles available in the ‘hidden’ employability industry as the sector prepares for the busiest time in its history
Employability Day on 30 April 2021, was the UK’s largest celebration for organisations supporting often disadvantaged people to gain, sustain and progress in work. Led by the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), it’s an annual
Continue reading TIME TO DO WHAT THE EMPLOYABILITY INDUSTRY DOES BEST: RECRUIT
Whizz Education, provider of the leading virtual tutor Maths-Whizz, has quantified the lockdown learning loss in maths experienced by 5–13-year-olds in the UK. Whizz Education’s research shows that 46% of the 1,721 children assessed experienced a learning loss, exhibiting an average of knowledge decline of eight months during the first lockdown.
Dr Junaid Mubeen, Director
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By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
Recent research in the U.K. public sector shows a combination of cloud and local infrastructure will continue to be used over the course of this year, with up to 53% of services confirming they use hybrid infrastructure. In essence, hybrid IT is the integration of on-premises IT services
Continue reading How to Maximise the Advantages of Hybrid IT
International cricket is returning to the Bristol County Ground this summer and Gloucestershire Cricket is taking the opportunity to thank the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic by giving away tickets to blue light workers.
In a rerun of the 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final, England will take on India in Bristol on Sunday
Continue reading GLOS CRICKET THANKS BRISTOL NHS AND EMERGENCY SERVICE WORKERS WITH ENGLAND WOMEN ODI TICKET GIVEAWAY
The Green Purposes Company, in partnership with Finance Earth, has today published a ground-breaking report on the urgent need to accelerate and scale up investment in nature. This report is published at a critical time: we are facing an environmental crisis with global wildlife populations plummeting and the impacts of climate change increasingly being felt
Continue reading Investing in Nature: An Emerging Institutional Asset Class
Highland Marketing’s advisory board welcomed Jane Brightman, social care lead at Institute of Health and Social Care Management, to discuss the sector and its technology needs. A lot of hope is being pinned on integrated care systems, but when it comes to joining up health and care systems and putting the underpinning IT in place,
Continue reading What next for social care?
Kingston Council has outlined its work to boost the local economy as new figures reveal that the pandemic saw local unemployment almost tripled last year.
A report for the council’s Response and Recovery Committee this evening shows the number of local people claiming unemployment benefits shot up from 2,115 to 6,090 in the year to
Continue reading Unemployment during COVID: Kingston leads effort to boost local economy as unemployment triples
First acts of new Government must be to establish a Wales-wide Covid inquiry – Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS
Responding to Boris Johnson’s announcement that a UK wide Covid inquiry will take place in Spring 2022, Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS said,
“One of the first acts of this Labour Welsh Government should
Continue reading First acts of new Government must be to establish a Wales-wide Covid inquiry – Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS
Irwin Mitchell: An extremely brief Queens Speech – but does it tell us anything new for planning/environment?
Stuart Tym, Senior Associate in the Planning Team points out to GPSJ the inconsistencies in what was announced today
Baroness Jones spoke to the BBC prior to the Speech with particular concern about the relaxation of planning laws
Continue reading Readers’ reactions to the Queen’s Speech
“Ineffective” national planning policy, which “has no teeth” is holding the industrial sector back from supporting the UK’s economic recovery from COVID-19, according to planning and development consultancy Turley.
Despite the radical reforms promised in the 2020 Planning White Paper, there is scant regard to the role of industry and logistics, in spite of the
Continue reading Government is holding the industrial sector back with ineffective planning policy, says Turley
This year has already seen an increase in interest and focus on sustainability goals and reducing impacts organisations have on the environment.
As hot water can cost between 2 to 4 times as much as cold water, once energy costs are taken into account, it means even small steps to increase water efficiency and cut
Continue reading Top tips to save running costs and reach green goals
By Evan Wienburg, CEO at Bath-based Truespeed, a full fibre infrastructure provider and ISP
Hybrid Nirvana. It sounds like a chart-topping music album, and it is certainly top of the pops at the moment for organisations of all shapes and sizes. Working from home, aka WFH, has become the norm for huge numbers of employees
Continue reading Laying down the digital tracks for hybrid working
Fleur Sexton
“Giving the next generation of our workforce an insider view of how our world works is absolute gold”
With the pandemic sabotaging so many key experiences that should be shaping young people’s lives and aspirations, work experience is one area where businesses can step up their game and provide invaluable
Continue reading Leading Coventry businesswoman urges other businesses to ‘think outside the box’ and provide remote work experience for school pupils during lockdown
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
As our cities continue to grow in population density, the need for positive environmental action on a domestic and global scale grows more urgent. However, the sheer complexity of contemporary urban living means city planners need more actionable insight into the factors affecting issues such as air quality
Continue reading How a Business IT Mindset Can Help Smart Cities Maintain Cleaner Air
Knowsley Council has appointed Jenny Rollinson as Assistant Executive Director – Adult Social Care.
Jenny has worked at the Council for almost four years, and is currently the Head of Adult Social Care.
Over the last 15 years Jenny has held a number of senior Health and Social Care roles working for both Stockport and
Continue reading Meet the new Assistant Executive Director for Adult Social Care
Occupational health & disabled services provider distributes technology to 200 assessors NuroKor bioelectric technology will help support disabled people as they start work Microlink staff with health conditions successfully trial NuroKor therapy
Microlink PC, a global leader in education and assistive technology solutions, is offering cutting-edge technology from NuroKor BioElectronics to 200 disability assessors,
Continue reading New partnership launched to reduce absenteeism and help disabled workers under UK scheme to get a million people into employment
The National Care Forum (NCF) has created a new partnership with The Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) for the benefit of its members.
Members of the NCF will be able to enjoy the full membership offer from the IHSCM which includes:
A full programme of events and support for conferences Accredited short
Continue reading National Care Forum and Institute of Health and Social Care Management announce partnership to provide an exciting member benefit
ExtraMed, which provides patient flow software to NHS trusts, has been acquired by smart health tech provider Alcidion Group in a move that will provide an enhanced offering to hospitals and associated primary and social care organisations.
Smart health technology provider Alcidion Group has today announced the strategic acquisition of ExtraMed, a UK company which
Continue reading Alcidion acquires UK patient flow software company ExtraMed
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