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Issue 4.07

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Leadership Aspirations & Careers Of Minority Ethnic Teachers

The Leadership Aspirations And Careers Of Black And Minority Ethnic Teachers. Teachers who are black or minority ethnic (BME) face significant racism within the education system, according to this new research from the NASUWT and the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services. This report looks at the career experiences of over 500 BME teachers and how discrimination has affected their career opportunities, and concludes the majority did not believe the teaching system is inclusive. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Anti-Social Behaviour Family Intervention Projects

Family Intervention Projects (FIPs) work with the most challenging families and tackle issues such as anti-social behaviour, youth crime, school absenteeism, drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence, poor mental health and inter-generational disadvantage. This DCSF report presents information about the families that received a FIP intervention aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour up until 31st March 2009. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Innovation & Industry: The Role of Universities

This Policy Exchange report looks at how universities could form a key part of Britain’s economic recovery by acting as incubators of business and providers of expertise. It finds that Government policy misunderstands the crucial role universities play in stimulating innovation and enterprise and argues that instead of trying to turn scientists into innovators, we should focus on ways to make collaboration between universities and businesses easier. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Socio-Economic & Educational Backgrounds Of UK Entrepreneurs

UK business leaders believe more mentors and enterprise education in schools are key to nurturing a new generation of young entrepreneurs. Leading entrepreneurs believe that schools can help overcome the UK’s cultural fear of failure by instilling resilience and teaching enterprise using real life examples. This report by education charity, Aldridge Foundation, questioned entrepreneurs who had successfully started heir own business and asked them about their educational, socio-economic and family backgrounds, and what they thought could be done to encourage young people to become entrepreneurs. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Children, Schools and Families Bill

This Bill contains provisions on a range of policies which span the responsibilities of the DCSF. It contains legislative provisions to give effect to aspects of the White Paper Your Child, Your School, Our future. It introduces a system of guarantees for parents and pupils in the school system and makes changes to the way schools operate together. This Bill will reform schools and wider children’s services through providing guarantees for parents and pupils, setting out what they can expect from a 21st century schools system. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Managing by Numbers: the Way to Make Public Services Better?

The future of performance measurement regimes for public services, like Ofsted, is currently being re-thought in the UK, both in light of recent experience and with the advent of a new era of greater fiscal stress on public services. This briefing by the Economic and Social Research Council considers options for the future. One finding of the study is that the cost of running Ofsted is £207m per year – or 0.27% of Education spending, which is the cost of almost 5000 teachers. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport

This survey by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport reveals that 45% of 5-15 year olds are participating in five hours of cultural activity a week. The findings from Taking Part: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport find that 26% of 5-10 year olds take part in more than five hours a week of cultural activities, including the arts, out of school. However, 66% of 11-15 year olds were found to be participating in more than five hours in and out of school. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Specialist Schools and Academies Trust STEM Pathfinder

The STEM pathfinder programme, funded by the DCSF and managed by SSAT, enabled and supported networks of specialist schools to design and deliver integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities through a programme of continuing professional development, and provision of resources, consultancy and advice to schools. This is the evaluation of the programme by NFER to assess the effectiveness of different activities and approaches to delivering STEM and provide a set of recommendations for the future. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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Admissions Appeals – Maintained Primary & Secondary Schools

This DCSF Statistical First Release provides information about appeals lodged by parents during the academic year 2007/08 against non-admission of their children to their preferred school. It details the number of appeals lodged, heard and the outcome. The figures show that the vast majority of children get into their first choice secondary school, and overall only 3.7 per cent of all admissions resulting in an appeal being heard. Leadership Briefings Issue 4.07 (43)

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