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Should home education be more tightly regulated?
Sunday can be a hectic evening for many families. A time to organise packed lunches, iron uniforms and polish school shoes. But for a sizeable minority such pressures do not apply. In July 2014, there were 27,292 five to 16-year-olds in England who were home educated, according to statistics compiled from local authority records by […]
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Free online course looks at the business of film-making
The Open University Business School and Pinewood Studios have launched a free online course considering the business side of film-making. Available on the online social learning platform FutureLearn as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), ‘The Business of Film’ course coincides with the opening of the 59th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival. It explores the key […]
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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment” by the Independent Police Commission, and has continued to attract criticism since its inception in 2012. So why widen the remit of PCCs, […]
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Law graduate wins scholarship to Harvard
Created in 1965 following the death of President Kennedy, the scholarship provides full funding to a British citizen who is a graduate of a British university, enabling them to take up study at Harvard University, or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This year, OU law graduate Amy Woolfson has scooped the accolade. Amy is The […]
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