Children in Foster Care; Looked After Children and Education: A Review of the Literature in the UK

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Alix
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Looked After Children ◽  
Attainment Gap ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Government Legislation ◽  
Made In

<p>This study critically examines the literature regarding the education of children in foster care; Looked After Children (LAC) in the United Kingdom (UK). It examines the progress made within UK policy and practice in just over a decade. Government legislation and policy have defined how progress for LAC should be made in the UK, and there has been a shift away from social care perspectives to more holistic educational perspectives as responsibility has shifted from the Department of Health to include the Department of Education. This has had a direct impact on the work of UK based Local Authorities and schools. It is important to gain an understanding of these changes, and how perceptions of LAC’s education is now situated. This paper explores how continued progress can be made in closing the attainment gap between LAC and their peers by focussing on three key areas: academic achievement, emerging professional roles, and the training of key professionals that work with LAC. </p>

Children in Foster Care; Looked After Children and Education: A Review of the Literature in the UK

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Alix
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Looked After Children ◽  
Attainment Gap ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Government Legislation ◽  
Made In

<p>This study critically examines the literature regarding the education of children in foster care; Looked After Children (LAC) in the United Kingdom (UK). It examines the progress made within UK policy and practice in just over a decade. Government legislation and policy have defined how progress for LAC should be made in the UK, and there has been a shift away from social care perspectives to more holistic educational perspectives as responsibility has shifted from the Department of Health to include the Department of Education. This has had a direct impact on the work of UK based Local Authorities and schools. It is important to gain an understanding of these changes, and how perceptions of LAC’s education is now situated. This paper explores how continued progress can be made in closing the attainment gap between LAC and their peers by focussing on three key areas: academic achievement, emerging professional roles, and the training of key professionals that work with LAC. </p>

scholarly journals A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin N. Danson ◽  
Malcolm White ◽  
John R. M. Barr ◽  
Thomas Bett ◽  
Peter Blyth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
High Power ◽  
Laser Action ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
High Power Laser ◽  
Power Laser ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

Abstract The first demonstration of laser action in ruby was made in 1960 by T. H. Maiman of Hughes Research Laboratories, USA. Many laboratories worldwide began the search for lasers using different materials, operating at different wavelengths. In the UK, academia, industry and the central laboratories took up the challenge from the earliest days to develop these systems for a broad range of applications. This historical review looks at the contribution the UK has made to the advancement of the technology, the development of systems and components and their exploitation over the last 60 years.

scholarly journals Preserving and memorialising relationships: exploring young people’s experiences of foster care through the lens of social capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gain Access

This article presents findings from research into how young people growing up in foster care in the UK manage the relationships in their social networks and gain access to social capital. It is a concept that highlights the value of relationships and is relevant to young people in care as they have usually experienced disruptions to their social and family life. Qualitative methods were used and the findings show that despite experiencing disruption to their social networks, the young people demonstrated that they were able to maintain access to their social capital. They achieved this in two ways. Firstly, they preserved their relationships, often through what can be seen as ordinary practices but in the extraordinary context of being in foster care. Secondly, they engaged in creative practices of memorialisation to preserve relationships that had ended or had been significantly impaired due to their experience of separation and movement. The article highlights implications for policy and practice, including the need to recognise the value of young people’s personal possessions. Furthermore, it stresses the need to support them to maintain their relationships across their networks as this facilitates their access to social capital.

scholarly journals From Warnock to the Stem Cell Bank—Evaluating the UK's Regulatory Measures for Stem Cell Research

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Twine
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cell Bank ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Institutional Learning ◽  
Regulatory Measures ◽  
United Kingdom Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

AbstractThe United Kingdom government regards its regulations for stem cell research as some of the most rigorous in the world. This paper chronologically outlines the important stages in the evolution of these regulatory measures over the past twenty years, including the Warnock Report, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, the subsequent series of reports and consultations, and the establishment of the UK stem cell bank. Attending both to the discursive framing of stem cell research and the ethical issues faced, an assessment is made in terms of the appropriateness, adequacy and effectiveness of the UK's regulatory measures. Although institutional learning is detected in areas such as improving public engagement, the UK regulatory process has been open to the accusation of a scientific community regulating itself. This paper recommends that in order to avoid any possible complacency further improvements in public inclusiveness and interdisciplinary representation on regulatory committees should be sought.

scholarly journals Clinical Ethics Committees in the United Kingdom: Towards Evaluation

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Williamson ◽  
Sheila McLean ◽  
Judith Connell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Clinical Ethics ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

In the United Kingdom there is a growing conviction that CECs have an important role to play in helping health care professionals address ethical dilemmas. For example, the Royal College of Physicians, the Nuffield Trust and the unofficial Clinical Ethics Network, which has received financial support from the Department of Health, commend the use of CECs in the UK. The growth of such committees has been influenced by the legal and policy support they have received in the United States. However, there is increasing concern about both the benefits and the quality of work produced by CECs. In addition, despite the rapid increase in the number of CECs in the UK, outside of the United States they remain under-researched and no formal mechanism exists to assess their performance. As a result we know little about the structure, function, impact and effectiveness of CECs. We are currently conducting a research project funded by the Wellcome Trust that seeks to interrogate the competing claims regarding the benefits and disbenefits of CECs. This initial account of our research provides a detailed analysis of theoretical issues that surround the development and use of CECs and points towards the questions that lie at the heart of the social science strand of our project.

scholarly journals Adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of UK and European hand surgery units

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail V Shaw ◽  
David GW Holmes ◽  
Victoria Jansen ◽  
Christy L Fowler ◽  
Justin CR Wormald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reconstructive Surgery ◽  
Hand Surgery ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Hand Surgeon ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Research Initiatives ◽  
Made In

Abstract Hand surgery services had to rapidly adapt to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network #RSTNCOVID hand surgery survey was to document the changes made in the United Kingdom and Europe and consider which might persist.A survey developed by the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network, in association with the British Association of Hand Therapists, was distributed to hand surgery units across the UK and Europe after the first wave of COVID-19. It was completed by one consultant hand surgeon at each of the 44 units that responded.Adult and paediatric trauma was maintained but elective services stopped. Consultations were increasingly virtual and surgery was more likely to be under local anaesthetic and in a lower resource setting.Many of the changes are viewed as being beneficial. However, it is important to establish that they are clinically and cost effective. These survey results will help prioritise and support future research initiatives.

scholarly journals Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Should Justice Beware: A Review of Voice Identification Evidence in Light of Advances in Biometric Voice Identification Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Charanjit Singh
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Voice Identification ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
False Positive Identification ◽  
Auditory Analysis ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

AbstractThe debate relating to the quality of voice identification evidence in the United Kingdom continues against the backdrop of advances being made in the use of biometric voice identification evidence (BIVE) and the technology (BVIT). Anecdotal evidence shows that BVIE is being adduced in criminal prosecutions across the United Kingdom (UK) predominantly in cases involving terror crimes. This also suggests that the courts are willing to accept BVIE as being reliable even though experts in the fields of phonetics and law disagree as to its veracity. The argument against admission rests on the lack of sophistication in the traditional ear-witness voice identification methods of acoustic and auditory analysis (AAA), and now biometrics because of its infancy. Experts therefore argue that scientific reliability should be demanded from such evidence if it is to be used for criminal prosecutions and this not currently achieved. Therefore, a number of issues arise as a result of this. For example, the potential erosion of civil rights, the legal implications that relate to obtaining and using mixed biometric voice identification evidence (MBVIE) – this is the evidence of an ear-witness verified using BVIT. Related to this is the notion that the jury and lawyers need to be educated on how such evidence should be received and used. Presently, there insufficient guidance on where the UKs courts should draw the line in admitting potentially hazardous evidence such as this. Exactly when BVIE becomes unreliable in a legal and scientific sense remains unclear. This significantly contributes to the debate surrounding the codification of evidence law and the introduction of a reliability test, along the lines of that used in other jurisdictions including the United States of America, to mitigate the risks that lie in admitting unreliable evidence. The purpose of this article is to contrast ear-witness and BVIE by exploring the contemporary debates that surround their admission and the notional extent to which BVIT is being used to police the UK. Furthermore, to review whether the advances made in BVIT can contribute to the reliability of the evidence by reducing error rates and false-positive identification.

scholarly journals Globalisation and Skills for Development: Some Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Tikly ◽  
John Lowe ◽  
Michael Crossley ◽  
Hillary Dachi ◽  
Roger Garrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
International Policy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Training Policy ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Training

This article reports on an international policy research study funded by the United Kingdom (UK) Government's Department for International Development (DfID), entitled Globalisation and Skills for Development in Tanzania and Rwanda: implications for education and training policy and practice. The research is a contribution to a broader ‘Skills for Development Initiative’ launched by the UK Secretary of State for International Development (Short, 1999). The study was a collaborative effort between the Universities of Bristol, Bath, Dar es Salaam and the Kigali Institute of Education. The findings and the analysis generated by this research are rich and complex.

Chapter I. The Economy in 1979

1980 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 8-26
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
West Germany ◽  
The Other ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

The United Kingdom economy remained almost stagnant in 1979 with GDP being only 0.6 per cent higher than in 1978. Not only is this a dismal end to a generally depressed period of seven years but the outlook for the beginning of the 1980s is even worse, as we discuss in chapter II on the home economy. In comparison with the United States, Japan, West Germany, France and the OECD countries as a whole the UK performance has been slow, as is clear from chart I. However if similar comparisons with the other countries had been made in 1969 or 1959 the UK performance would also have been seen to be relatively slow. This picture of a stagnant aggregate economy in 1979 covers up an underlying picture of considerable fluctuation in the components of the economy.

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