Independent faith schools are teaching their pupils the importance of good citizenship according to an Ofsted report today. Inspectors who visited Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu schools found however, more clarity was needed in the regulations the schools have to meet and there should be more opportunities for teachers’ professional development.
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More than half of social workers believe that parents’ drinking puts children at risk of harm in most child protection cases. Figures released today by Alcohol Concern, also show the majority feel their social work qualification training was inadequate in terms of alcohol abuse in families.
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By Mark Earls
The central principle of HERD is based on challenging our assumption that ‘the individual’ is the starting point from which to understand human behaviour.
By focusing on group behaviour, or ‘the herd’ rather than the individual, Mark Earls implies that we will have the key to a better understanding of human behaviour and better business and social policy initiatives to change it.
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Councils are being put into the front line of the battle against climate change today by the Audit Commission, which says cutting carbon emissions from homes could be done more cheaply and quickly than dealing with those from industry or transport. The Commission says this could be achieved faster with the support of local councillors.
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The former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, has called for councils to face an obligation to find sites for wind farms in their area. He told the annual conference of the British Wind Energy Association that targets for green energy were being delayed by people living in the countryside who wanted to protect ‘chocolate box’ views.
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This programme is now available to view on localgov.tv the online television channel for public service modernisation. It describes how Arun District Council, North Tyneside Council and Wealden District Council cut overpayment of benefits by £100,000 through the introduction of an intelligent electronic application form.
This document sets out lessons on empowering communities and it is based on an analysis of where the empowerment process has worked. Its aim is to enable policy makers and practitioners to develop workable activities for empowerment underpinned by a sound evidence base. It covers the areas of asset transfer, citizen governance, electronic participation, participatory budgeting, petitions and redress.
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High tech help for the growing number of elderly people who need care will be on the agenda at a conference this week. Coffee tables that dispense medicine and robotic pets that act as alarms as well as offering companionship will be among the telecare solutions to be discussed at the event being organised by the Local Government Association and the Association of Director of Adult Social Services.
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More students would opt to study science after the age of 16 and exam grades would improve if more heads allowed teachers to attend professional development programmes, according to a report today. The National Science Learning Centre is leading a campaign to improve the quality of science teaching and for the first time it has analysed fully the impact of the network of National and Regional Science Learning Centres.
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