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Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...publications/teachers-standards SEND Code of Practice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25 EYFS https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2 Bower, C. (2019) ‘“Um, I was getting bullied at school because I didn’t believe in god”: one family’s experience of autism, school and home...
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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...public sector. They are sometimes referred to as ‘paraprofessionals’ – workers who supplement and support the work of qualified professionals. We would argue, however, that teaching assistants have a distinct professionalism themselves which often overlaps with and which is comparable to that of teachers. Since first being introduced into in the 1960s as...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...health, though it is unlikely to be known by the general public. Even if people disagree about the report itself they would agree that it had a considerable impact. Besides, it is only saying ‘one of the most significant reviews’ so you don’t have to prove that it is the most important. No It could be argued that the political right did not see the report as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements
Society, Politics & Law

From Conversations on co-production to participants’ engagements

...into shared ground through urgent solidarity”. You will then have the opportunity to explore how those interactions were complemented, during the event, by interactive aspects that invited public audiences to take part and to reflect on their own civic positioning, identity, and ethical responsibility towards aspects of citizenship, migration and the refugee crisis....
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Imagining Scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Imagining Scientists

...The Open University's Dr Richard Holliman reflects on the findings of a research project called 'Invisible Witnesses' to explore these questions. In so doing he considers some of the implications of the 1950s stereotype for how scientists are perceived in the public sphere... Imagining Scientists Looking at the 'mad scientist' stereotype and comparing it with reality....
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Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?

...Publications Act 1959. This act is well-recognised as out-of-date and difficult to interpret. Prosecutions under the act have demonstrated that the public conception of what amounts to obscene behaviour is notoriously difficult to pin down. When the Crown Prosecution Service confidently prosecuted Michael Peacock in 2012 for producing DVDs featuring urination, fisting and...
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Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result
Society, Politics & Law

Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result

...public spending. But when the Greeks appealed for help in December 2014, Europe said “no”. That is what ultimately opened the path for Alexis Tsipras. And the situation continued. Between January and July 2015, Europe refused to reopen talks. Now it’s September and the new support package that was discussed this summer has led to the further postponement of debt...
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Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?

...public will warm to Jeremy and his policies once they see more of him: Not. Going. To. Happen. If the Labour leader and his team think they’ve had a raw deal from the media – and from the Tories – since he took over, they ain’t seen nothing yet. Even on a level playing field (and it won’t be one) they’d still stand no chance: they’re miles behind on the...
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