More women than ever before are becoming headteachers and believe their female teaching colleagues should make the step up. New research shows fewer obstacles to women becoming heads but it also finds that many of them lack the confidence to put themselves forward.

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Steps are being taken to combat the abuse of the disabled parking badges including a call to local authorities to do more to prevent theft and other misuse of the scheme. The Transport Minister Rosie Winterton has announced that new Blue Badges will be issued in a tamper-proof laminated casing as part of the drive.

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By Anne E Green and Richard J White.

This article explores how young people’s attitudes towards education, training and work opportunities are shaped by their social networks and attachment to place, and looks at how interventions might widen their horizons and improve their prospects. There are ongoing policy concerns about deprivation of individuals, poverty relating to place and how to transform the prospects of deprived places.
Concentrations of worklessness persist despite a favourable economic climate and policies aimed at helping people to find work. This has provoked an upsurge of interest in the role of geography in the labour market behaviour of people living in deprived areas.

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