Jan. 30 2024
Source Page: Higher education staff data UKFound: Higher education staff data UK
Jan. 30 2024
Source Page: Higher education staff data UKFound: Higher education staff data UK
Mentions:
1: Lia Nici (Con - Great Grimsby) legislation aimed at educational reform should not only encourage rising levels of attainment in both education - Speech Link
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: ESFA Update: 24 April 2024Found: Correspondence ESFA Update: 24 April 2024 Latest information and actions from the Education
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 March (HL2663), whether they have made any estimate of the number of camps, including the so-called anti-extremism centres and re-education camps, in (1) Tibet and (2) the rest of China.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Government refers to credible external estimates, in particular those from the United Nations, of numbers of individuals in China detained under various circumstances and within certain geographies. For example, the April 2023 UN Special Procedures found "[h]undreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been 'transferred' from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015" noting "the labour transfer programme is facilitated by a network of 'vocational training centres', which focus less on developing professional skills and more on cultural and political indoctrination in a militarised environment." As noted in the Government's response to Written Question HL2663, with regard to the situation in Xinjiang, in 2018 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination estimated "upwards of a million people were being held in so-called counter-extremism centres and another two million had been forced into what the Chinese refer to as 're-education camps' for political and cultural indoctrination."
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve children’s access to (a) classroom education and (b) vocational education in (i) young offender institutions and (ii) secure training centres.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful, and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision, with a consistent daily programme of activities.
Figures for November 2023 for average hours spend in education are being quality-assured for publication, and are therefore not yet available. Total figures for October, the most recent month for which data have been verified, are provided in the table below:
Establishment | Average no. of hours per week i |
HMYOI Cookham Wood | Not currently available |
HMYOI Feltham | 8.7 |
Parc YOI | 19.0 |
HMYOI Wetherby | 9.6 |
HMYOI Werrington | 13.7 |
Oakhill STCii | 24.2 |
Notes:
1 YOI figures are for classroom-based hours only: vocational training is not included.
1 Average number of educational and vocational training hours per week at Oakhill.
The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is taking a number of measures to improve access to education and training across Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in the youth secure estate, and at Oakhill Secure Training Centre. We are reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, balancing openness with the requirement to ensure safety. We are also committed to providing education and enrichment for those for whom a classroom setting is not appropriate, and a central review is being carried out of steps YOIs can take to reduce the number of children and young people who are unable to mix. Conflict resolution practitioners at each site are working with children and young people to resolve conflict between individuals and groups, and to help them engage in opportunities available in our care. There has been notable success in reducing the number of regime groups in YOIs, with increased interactions and more time-out-of-room as a result.
Mar. 13 2024
Source Page: ESFA Update: 13 March 2024Found: Correspondence ESFA Update: 13 March 2024 Latest information and actions from the Education
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: ESFA Update: 20 March 2024Found: Correspondence ESFA Update: 20 March 2024 Latest information and actions from the Education
Jan. 26 2024
Source Page: Higher education student finance 2024 to 2025: equality analysisFound: Higher education student finance 2024 to 2025: equality analysis
Mentions:
1: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) and Research in Wales under powers in the Senedd’s Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Humphreys (LD - Life peer) Under CTER, or the commission, higher education will join further education, LA-maintained school sixth - Speech Link
3: None During my time as vocational co-ordinator, I found their input invaluable for both myself and for students - Speech Link