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		<title>GCSEs 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Toone]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>A-levels 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 08:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Toone]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Government must make childcare commitments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 07:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Lawson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Voice General Secretary Deborah Lawson, General Secretary for Early Years Educator,  September 2017]]></description>
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		<title>Supply teachers – still second class citizens?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Simpson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article by Deborah Simpson, Voice's Director of Legal and Member Services.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morris Charlton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Morris Charlton reviews "Creating a Culture: How school leaders can optimise behaviour – an independent review of behaviour in schools" by Tom Bennett 
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		<title>Adult education in an Age of Austerity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Toone]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ian Toone, Director of Policy and Research Services: Adult education helps to change lives and should be a national priority.  ]]></description>
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		<title>New professional standards for teaching and leadership in Wales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Williams]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Government will soon be implementing new standards for teachers. Available from September 2017, they will be mandatory from
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		<title>Redeploying staff in Scotland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottish local authorities periodically review staff numbers across their establishments. As employees are normally appointed to the service of the council and not to a particular establishment, the authority can utilise its ‘Compulsory Transfer Procedure’ to redeploy staff to other locations in line with service demand. 
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		<title>A public sector that shows the way? Part 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.voicetheunion.org.uk/?p=14927</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A personal viewpoint by Patrick, secondary school IT manager and Voice member (England). The views expressed are those of the author.]]></description>
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		<title>Primary assessment in England under review</title>
		<link>http://blog.voicetheunion.org.uk/?p=14981</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 06:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Toone]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ian Toone, Director of Policy and Research Services. Voice recently responded to government consultations on the assessment system in primary schools and plans for implementing the recommendations of the Rochford Review.  ]]></description>
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