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Issue 8.04

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An Evaluation Of The Alcohol Education Trust’s Intervention In Secondary Schools

This independent evaluation by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) of the impact of The Alcohol Education Trust's Talk About Alcohol materials investigated change over time in knowledge of alcohol and its effects, attitudes and behaviour of approximately 2000 students age 12-14 who used the materials, compared with a group of 2000 similar students who did not. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Adult Literacy, Numeracy And Problem Solving Skills In England

The International Survey of Adult Skills in the UK is a survey by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills of literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments. It directly measured adults’ skills and also collected a wealth of contextual data about participants’ backgrounds and their use of these skills in work and their day to day lives. Findings from the survey will be used to inform skills policies, to help decide what is working and what changes may need to be made in the future – in England and in other countries around the world. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Review Of Part-Time And Mature Higher Education

Universities UK has published its comprehensive review of part-time and mature higher education. Part-time students are a significant yet often overlooked part of the higher education system, with nearly half a million undergraduates studying part-time in 2011-12, most of them studying vocational subjects and in full-time employment. Yet following a decade of slow decline, the numbers of undergraduates recruited to part-time courses in England fell by 40% over the two years since 2010-11: equivalent to 105,000 fewer students. This report provides an initial assessment of the complex factors behind the fall. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Consultation on New A Level Regulatory Requirements

This Ofqual consultation recommends a series of sweeping changes to A-levels to address the concern that large numbers of students start university under-prepared for the demands of a degree course. It recommended the abolition of coursework in most subjects and the scrapping of first-year AS-level exams in their current form - including how A-levels and to the AS qualification are designed, assessed and regulated. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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