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Issue 5.02

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Intergenerational Practice

The National Foundation for Educational Research, with the National Youth Agency (NYA) and National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), was commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) to examine what works in intergenerational practice. Intergenerational practice refers to activities that bring together older adults and young people or children. Five intergenerational projects were selected to cover a range of foci and target groups, focusing on football, arts, knife crime, living history, and personal and social education. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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UK Resilience Programme Evaluation

There are increasing concerns about children’s well-being in the UK, their behaviour, and the low academic attainment of a large fraction of the population. In September 2007, three local authorities piloted a programme with Year 7 pupils with the aim of building pupils' resilience and promoting well-being. This evaluation aims to investigate whether the programme can be delivered at scale; whether it has an impact on children's well-being; and if so, whether this will have an impact on behaviour, attendance and academic attainment. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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Young People’s Views On Web 2.0 Technologies (open access article)

The overarching aim of this NFER report was to gather young people’s views about web 2.0 technologies. The project was interested in young people’s personal use of social media, but also in how they might use these tools in a community or local authority (LA) context, for example, to communicate with other young people, organise meetings and events, express their views, or take part in a youth cabinet or similar representative group. The report provides useful information for LA personnel considering using web 2.0 tools and policy personnel considering future forms of communication within children’s services fields. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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Financial Efficiency In Schools

The government and its partners provide a range of services and tools to assist schools in managing their finances efficiently. However not all schools are accessing this support, and some are not managing their finances as well as they could. It is anticipated that schools will need to be more financially astute in the coming years, and to make economies where possible. This report looks at current approach to financial management. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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The Impact Of The Baby Peter Case

Following the death of Baby Peter Connelly in August 2007, the government took steps to review the effectiveness of arrangements for safeguarding children in England, which led to the publication of the Laming Review in March 2009. The Local Government Association (LGA) commissioned the NFER to look at the impact of the case of Baby Peter Connelly on local authorities’ applications for care orders and child protection more widely. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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Independent Review of ICT User Skills

This new report by Lifelong Learning UK outlines why digital life skills have an important role to play in the health and wellbeing of UK citizens and the wider UK economy. It also calls on learning providers to embed technology into their teaching methods, as new figures reveal 49% of people would feel more confident using technology in the workplace if it had been incorporated more into their training and education. Results also revealed that half of all office workers felt they would waste less time at work if they had better knowledge of technology. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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Fairness And Unfairness

This Ofsted report gives the views of children and young people in boarding schools, children’s homes and other care and residential settings. It reports on their views and experiences about fairness and unfairness. It found that they defined fairness as everyone being treated equally unless there was a good reason for different treatment, having your rights, being listened to, having what you ought to have, only being punished for things you had actually done and only as much as you deserved, and getting along together without anyone being left out. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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Victimisation Of Children Aged 10 To 15

This Home Office document reports on the findings from the British Crime Survey for the year ending December 2009. The report gives estimates of victimisation of children aged 10 to 15 years resident in households in England and Wales and finds that up to a quarter of children have been victims of crime. The survey also provides data to assist in understanding the nature and circumstances of crimes experienced by children aged 10 to 15. This is the first full attempt in the UK to work out how many children aged between 10 and 15 experience crime. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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Admission Appeals For Primary And Secondary Schools

This Statistical First Release gives information about appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to their preferred school in 2008/09. It details the number of appeals lodged, heard and the outcome. It shows that the number of parents appealing against their children's primary school places in England has risen again and that parents were less likely to be successful than in the previous year to secure a place for their child at their chosen school. Leadership Briefing Issue 5.02 (50)

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