Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
Ofcom: Children are often the first to learn about new technology and are embracing it at a younger & younger age. But not everything may be suitable for them – there will be programmes you don’t want them to watch & web sites you don’t want them to visit. The following Ofcom guides explain more about the various parental controls on offer.
Press release ~ Protecting your children in a digital world ~ Parental controls for mobile phones ~ Mobile location based services ~ Parental controls for games consoles/portable media players
WAG: Education Minister Leighton Andrews has welcomed new powers coming into force which clarify teacher’s roles when it comes to discipline & exclusions. The new powers under the Education & Inspection Act 2006 reaffirm teachers’ ability to:
* Discipline pupils on & off school premises
* clarify the powers relating to confiscation of pupil’s property
* use reasonable force to prevent pupils from harming themselves & others and in some cases of serious misbehaviour
QCDA: The 2001 key stage 2 Access arrangements guide is now available to download. The guide provides information on applying for & administering access arrangements.
NICE: Many men - whose fertility may be at risk from cancer treatment - are being denied the chance to store their sperm, as doctors fail to follow NICE recommendations, latest research suggests. NICE fertility guidelines state that men or adolescent boys who are receiving cancer treatment that may leave them infertile should be offered the opportunity to store their sperm.
But in a study funded by Cancer Research UK, found that only half of oncologists & haematologists across the UK agreed that information on sperm banking is readily available to patients, despite the presence of guidelines from NICE.
CO: Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, recently published examples of how local authorities can work well with charities, voluntary groups & social enterprises to minimise the impact of any spending cuts.
The examples, published jointly by the Cabinet Office and the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), will provide a resource for local authorities making difficult funding decisions. They are accompanied by analysis of data to help local authorities in the decision making process.
The examples, published jointly by the Cabinet Office and the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA), will provide a resource for local authorities making difficult funding decisions. They are accompanied by analysis of data to help local authorities in the decision making process.
