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Issue 8.07

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Women In Scientific Careers

This new report published by The House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee highlights the gulf between senior female professors and their male counterparts and recommends that universities must do more to retain women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) careers. The UK needs to recruit hundreds of thousands of engineers over the next few years, which will require talented engineering academics both to equip these engineers with the right skills but also to conduct important research and development activities. The quota of women engineers and women engineering academics remains alarmingly low. Leadership Briefing issue 8.07 (91)

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Using Evidence in the Classroom: What Works and Why?

This research by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) looks at effective approaches to the creation of a more evidence-informed teaching profession. It draw together recent UK evidence, identifies factors that enable effective use of evidence within schools; discusses ways in which evidence is being produced and used in practice; and analyses evaluations of the effectiveness of different approaches to evidence use. Leadership Briefing issue 8.07 (91)

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School Performance And Parental Choice Of School

There is continuing concern among policy makers about the attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their better-off peers. Since families making the identified choices are often thought of as coming disproportionately from disadvantaged families, this has a direct bearing on understanding this issue. This DfE research looks into parents ability to choose schools for their children and its effectiveness within the current school system. Leadership Briefing issue 8.07 (91)

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Private Fostering: Better Information, Better Understanding

This Ofsted report has identified several ways in which arrangements for collecting and managing information about private fostering could be improved so that, nationally, we would have a better understanding of this area. Current requirements for authorities to make an annual review of their arrangements could also, with some adjustments, be more effective in improving quality. Leadership Briefing issue 8.07 (91)

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From Classroom To Career: Driving A Generation

Today’s secondary school pupils are being let down by careers services that are not equal to the task of helping them navigate the increasingly difficult transition from school to work. This IPPR report shows how closer collaboration between local schools and businesses offers mutual benefits, and can help guide young people towards rewarding careers. The findings show the importance of educating young people early on about both careers and the educational choices they need to make in order to realise their ambitions: it is an issue for pre-GCSE ages as well, not one that simply begins at the age of 16. Leadership Briefing issue 8.07 (91)

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