Schools, working in partnership with the police, have created a safer learning environment which reduces absenteeism and raises standards, but the take-up of partnership working is slow. A survey by the Association of Chief Police Officers revealed that only 20 per cent of primary schools and 45 per cent of secondary schools in the country are involved in some sort of Safe Schools Partnership.

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The Open University has produced a guide to Second Life to support Adult Learners Week. Second Life is a virtual world where people can engage in activities as diverse and numerous as in the physical world. It enables people and enterprises to build custom spaces and applications that increase productivity, creativity, and innovation while cutting travel costs.

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This document sets out findings from research into the value of care quality ratings that is derived by the people who use them. The research was commissioned by the CSCI which has now been taken over by the Care Quality Commission.

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