Hungry for Your Children’s Data?
FFT Education Datalab’s external affairs manager calls for an HE register What’s been said? In early December Claudia Civinini wrote an article on the Tes website entitled, “Disadvantage gap widens when off-rolled …
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Obfuscating Officialdom called out by Scottish Petitioners
Public inquiry into GIRFEC human rights impact: parliamentary petition update What’s been said? The problem of non-consensual inter-agency information sharing being faced by Scottish home educators and the objections raised by Alison …
Response to Welsh Consultation Delayed
Minister says submissions “raised complex technical, policy and legal matters which require careful consideration.” What’s been said? On Wednesday 11 December Welsh Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams, published a statement updating Assembly …
Isle of Man Bill Delayed Amid Legal Controversy
Officials choose to ignore legal opinion What’s been said? The Isle of Man Education Bill 2019, expected to be introduced in October, has been delayed. The whole concept of the Bill is …
One Unhappy Children’s Commissioner
Professor Holland fears the need for primary legislation will thwart her plans What’s been said? On Wednesday 6 November 2019, the Welsh Assembly’s Children, Young People and Education Committee [CYPE] met, and …
Parents Win Important Court Ruling
What’s been said? Tusla is the Children and Family Agency in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). After major reorganisation in 2014, Tusla is now “the dedicated State agency responsible for improving wellbeing …