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ELKRIDGE, Md., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) announced today that GP Strategies Training Ltd, its UK-based government-funded-training subsidiary, earned top grades from the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) Inspection 2012 in four training program categories: Health, Public Services and Care; Quality of Delivery; Capacity to Improve; and Leadership and...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded a contract to provide instructional system design services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Academy (VAAA), Contracting Professional School. The project will employ CTC's expertise in Learning and Human Performance. As part of this contract, CTC will design and develop a Medical Sharing Contracting course that will be used to support the VAAA mission to train federal...
Scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) have been cleared of intentional wrongdoing in the "Climategate" scandal by an independent review panel.The review board, which was chaired by former House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology head Lord Ron Oxburgh, had been asked by the university to review the incident, which dated back to November 2009.At that time, hackers attacked a CRU server and managed to obtain a number of different...
News in brief EDUCATION Schools will be ranked in future on how well they improve pupils' wellbeing, according to a government discussion document. Parents will be asked how much the schools do to promote healthy eating, discourage pupils from smoking or using illegal drugs and how good their guidance is on sex education and relationships. In addition, pupils will be asked whether they feel safe at school or are at risk from bullying, in surveys to be conducted by Ofsted, the education...
By Dominic Lawson I wish I could have spoken to Andrew Adonis before writing this article, but he seems unable to return my calls. It's just that the removal of the Schools Minister to the intellectual backwater of the Department of Transport is - how should we put this? - a bit puzzling. Michael Gove, who shadows Education Secretary Ed Balls for the Tories, is not puzzled at all. He declared that "Ed Balls has kicked Andrew Adonis out of the education department" and that "Everyone who...
By Hilary Wilce SCHOOLS 'All-through' state schools, where children start at three and finish at 16 or 19, are booming across the nation. Hilary Wilce finds out why From the outside, the most striking thing about St Matthew Academy, south London, is its shiny new, zinc-tiled building. But inside, things quickly get stranger. There are the usual things you would expect to find in such a school: art room and science labs and hulking teenagers lounging in front of computers. But there are...
MEALTIMES are more than a tasty treat at a Redcar school recognised for its "outstanding features". Ofsted inspectors visited Sacred Heart RC Specialist Science College on Mersey Road, and were impressed by the running of the college and in particular the organisation of mealtimes. The report said: "Lunchtime staff, both in the kitchen and in the dining hall, do an impressive job in ensuring a large number of students are fed without over-running into afternoon lesson time. "It is one...
In the past year, 32 per cent of headteachers appointed in secondary schools were women, down from over 40 per cent the year before, according to the 14th annual teacher recruitment survey.The survey, commissioned by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) looks at the state of the labour market for senior staff in schools in England and Wales.It found that of the 103 secondary schools who gave the gender of their new...
Hull: A new generation of schools due to be built in the city over the next 10 years could be powered by natural energy. Officials behind the pounds400m Building Schools For The Future (BSF) programme are examining whether they can use converted energy from a geothermal bore sunk deep underground at some of the sites. Another option being investigated is the use of biomass boilers to reduce the use of carbon. Geothermal technology is already being used to heat Hull College's new...
By Peter Dominiczak Regional Minister Rosie Winterton visited Allerton High and Pudsey Grangefield in Leeds yesterday. Together with Rodillian in Lofthouse, they are the first new Building Schools for the Future (BSF) schools to be completed in the city.Over the next three years, Leeds schools are set to receive a financial injection of 260m and schools in Bradford will get 545m.The scheme is set to transform the area's secondary schools and create "some of the most advanced learning...
