HEADS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO DELIVER SPECIALISED DIPLOMAS

The first pupils will embark on Specialised Diplomas in September 2008. The Diplomas will offer an alternative to traditional teaching styles to young people. But research by Young Enterprise, the UK’s largest business and enterprise education charity, has found widespread concern among head teachers because of a lack of preparation and resource shortages.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT MOVES INTO KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Local government managers and council members are sharing their practical experiences with each other in an on-line blog style environment set up by the Improvement and Development Agency. The Community of Practice online workspaces allow managers and councillors to discuss issues with their peers in a confidential environment.

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This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. The expert forum brings together policy leaders, advisors and practitioners to consider the benefits that shared services between councils and other public bodies can deliver and the different approaches to partnerships, governance and commercial arrangements that are proving successful in establishing shared services.The discussion also covers areas such as the direction which central government is setting to encourage shared services, how the private sector can facilitate organizations in tackling the challenges of collaboration and which departments are particularly successful when shared.

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