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Nov 11, 2024 | 
research.senedd.wales | Siân Hughes |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
The Children, Young People and Education Committee explored whether disabled children and young people have equal access to childcare and education. The concerning answer they found, was that a significant number do not. The Committee wanted to learn about the childcare and educational experiences of children and young people with physical and sensory disabilities, additional learning needs (ALN) and those who are neurodiverse.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
research.senedd.wales | Siân Hughes |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
Today is GCSE results day for learners across Wales. This year, there has been a return to the way exams were sat and grades issued prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. We explained in our A level results article last week how the return to usual grading had been phased in 2022 and 2023 to achieve a gradual transition back to the position before the pandemic in 2019. Overall grades in the years when no exams were sat (2020 and 2021) were much higher than usual.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
research.senedd.wales | Siân Hughes |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
Most learners in Wales will receive their A level results today. This is the third year learners have sat externally marked exams since their cancelation in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19. It is the first year when grading returns to pre-pandemic approaches. Since the cancellation of exams, there has been a gradual return to standard practices. The overall results this year are more in line with those achieved in 2019.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
barnesandnoble.com | Siân Hughes |Isabelle McConville
The Key Images of My Story: A Guest Post by Siân Hughes Has a homework assignment ever changed your life? The earliest beginnings of the story that would become Siân Hughes’ debut novel, Pearl, began as a writing exercise when she was still a teenager in high school. Read on for Hughes’ exclusive essay on our brand-new Discover pick and how her stunning story first came to be.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
bookweb.org | T. Kingfisher |Siân Hughes |Meg Shaffer
Jul 03 2024 The August 2024 Indie Next List Preview Printer-friendly versionHere are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the August 2024 Indie Next List flier. The August title list is also viewable as a collection on Edelweiss and on the Indie Next List page as an Excel file alongside PDFs for the month’s flier and shelf-talker templates.
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May 2, 2024 | 
research.senedd.wales | Siân Hughes |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
The way that learners with special educational or additional needs is supported is in the process of change. Although reforms have long been called for, some have expressed concern about the way in which they are being implemented. On 8 May, the Senedd will debate a petition calling for the reform of the Additional Learning Needs Code of Wales 2021.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Michael Allan |Siân Hughes
Higher risk buildings (HRBs) are those which are over 18 metres or at least seven storeys which contain at least two residential units; or alternatively are care homes or hospitals meeting the same height requirements. The main provisions of the BSA that came into on 1 October contained further details of the HRB regime.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
readings.com.au | Siân Hughes |Colin Walsh |Eliza Clark |Nicola Dinan
It's been a gargantuan year for debuts, both local and international. Below is a list of some of our favourite international debut fiction, published during 2023, to read this summer. You can explore must-read local debuts here. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahWelcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars – the highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program inside America's private prison system.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
research.senedd.wales | Siân Hughes |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
For many years, the number of people training to be teachers did not meet Welsh Government targets. Some have suggested that there is a recruitment and retention crisis. Our article explores these issues. Recruitment to teachingTo be a teacher in maintained schools in Wales, a person must hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and complete a period of induction. QTS is gained through undertaking a programme of Initial Teacher Education (ITE).
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
standoutmagazine.co.uk | Siân Hughes
Award-winning creative agency Smyle has launched a leadership and career accelerator programme called This Way Up for all women and non-binary employees. The initiative comes from a recognition of the existing gaps in relatable leadership for women within the creative and experiential industry and the urgency to address these disparities.
