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    SIR information

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    Significant improvements are proposed in the collection of data for the Staff Individualised Record 2011/2012 (SIR 20) which is due to take place in autumn 2012.
    The improvements will reduce the administrative burden of data collection for providers, while maintaining a high quality data source for continued sector use. They are being introduced in response to the needs of the sector following consultation with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and sector partners including the Association of Colleges.

    Ages of concern: learning lessons from serious case reviews

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    This is a thematic report of Ofsted’s evaluation of serious case reviews from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2011. Ofsted reports have consistently highlighted that babies less than one year old and older children have been the subject of a high proportion of serious case reviews. This report provides a thematic analysis of 482 serious case reviews that Ofsted evaluated between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2011. The main focus of this report is on the reviews that concerned children in two age groups: babies less than one year old and young people aged 14 or above.

    A review and analysis of age equality practice in the Learning and Skills Sector

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    The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) and University and College Union (UCU) commissioned this research to identify the age-related challenges and barriers to realising full potential of staff within the further education and skills sector. In particular, it aimed to find out what equality means and looks like in the further education and skills sector.

    Engendered Penalties: Transgender and Transsexual People's Experiences of Inequality and Discrimination

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    This is a report of a research project. undertaken in 2006 for the Equalities Review, which collected and analysed information on transgender and transsexual people’s experiences of inequality and discrimination in the UK. The report provides an analysis and summary of the results obtained, and outlines the levels of inequality and discrimination that trans people face.

    Amersham & Wycombe College: Research and publicity to engage young Pakistani individuals into college life

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    The aim of this case study, suported by parternshps with Connexions, the Peer Review and Development group and the Parent and Pupil Partnerhsip Unit, was to reverse the downward trend in learner numbers from the Pakistani community through understanding and responding to their needs.

    National Star College Equality & Diversity Partnership Project

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    This is a report of the Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by the National Star College in 2009-10. The scope of the project was to research and identify potential barriers to disabled young people and adult learners from BME backgrounds in accessing learning and educational opportunities in the Further Educational and training sector.

    Research in ESOL

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    There is a wealth of recent research in the field of ESOL that practitioners can explore, both in terms of background reading and their own classroom practice. The NRDC (National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy) regularly conducts research into ESOL. Recent downloadable research reports from NRDC have included:

    Best practice in safeguarding in colleges: an Ofsted survey

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    This is a report of an Ofsted survey of best practice in safeguarding based on visits to 14 of the 15 colleges that received an outstanding grade for the leadership and management of their safeguarding arrangements in 2009/10. Topics covered include: promoting safeguarding;training to safeguard learners; safeguarding of vulnerable groups; promoting safeguarding through teaching and learning; keeping the college’s environment safe; and safe recruitment of staff.

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