Protecting Your Children’s Privacy
What’s been said? Across the UK, governments are increasingly turning to data sharing to monitor their citizens’ lives. The latest example of this is the Welsh consultation, which proposes a new requirement …
Category: Wales
Safeguarding – Not just a Welsh Consultation Issue
What’s been said? This post considers the issue of “safeguarding” raised by the Welsh consultation on new EHE guidelines. We do stress, however, that these issues also apply to HE families across …
Welsh Consultation – The Rights of the Child
What’s been said? This second comment on the Welsh consultation considers its numerous references to phrases such as “the rights of all children to receive an education.” In her Ministerial foreword, Kirsty …
Thinking About Responding to the Welsh Consultation?
What’s been said? At the end of July the Welsh government launched a consultation on new guidelines for home education. The consultation closes on 21 October. If the proposals are implemented, they …
Two Home Education Consultations Planned for Wales
What’s been said? The Children, Young People and Education Committee of the Welsh Assembly met on Thursday 18 July. The main topic of discussion was Higher Education, but EHE was mentioned twice …
Welsh Government Accepts Children Commissioner’s Recommendations
What’s been said? Our previous Byte reported the Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ recent comments on home education. On 28 November the Welsh Government published its response [PDF] to her Annual Report. Both …