August 5th, 2011
With exam results arriving in the next couple of weeks the UK is full of very nervous teenagers. While the current system has no real flexibility for disabled learners, the Commons Education Select Committee is worried that recent proposals by the government to focus students attention on achieving 5 qualifications in English, Maths, two Sciences, History or Geography and a Modern or Ancient Language will negatively affect students as it is likely less money will be given to other subjects like art and ITC. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, Baccalaureate, disabled learners, disabled students, EBacc, Education Select Committee, Exclusion, Inclusion, Inclusive Education
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July 15th, 2011
For all inclusionists, the cornerstone aim of the Government’s SEN policy – removing the bias towards inclusive education – is absurd.
A short word-play with the definition of inclusion soon shows where this absurdity lies.
There are several meanings embedded in the concept of inclusion – all of them important and, once named, none of them are really open to much serious debate about their place as core values in a civilised society. Let’s look at a few of the meanings that the concept of inclusion carries: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Acceptance, Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, Belonging, Bias towards Inclusion, Excluded, Government, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, reasonable adjustments, SEN Green Paper, SEN Policy
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May 11th, 2011
A few days ago we had an open meeting of members and supporters to discuss ALLFIE’s response to the current SEN Green paper ‘Support and Aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability’. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, disabled learners, Government, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Integration, SEN Green Paper, Support and Aspiration
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April 6th, 2011
A few weeks ago the government launched the ‘Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs & Disability’ Green Paper and opened its consultation. In the paper it talks about removing the ‘bias in favour of inclusion’ but in ALLFIE’s experience there is no bias, in fact many parents and young people still have to fight to access mainstream education provision. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, disabled learners, disabled students, Education Bill, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Parental Choice, SEN Green Paper, Support and Aspiration
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March 9th, 2011
This week a report commissioned by the government has come out which calls for a decreased emphasis on vocational courses. The Wolf Report suggests that students under 16 should focus on academic subjects and that vocational courses should not be counted on school league tables. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, disabled learners, disabled students, Government, Inclusive Education, league tables, vocational courses, Wolf Report
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January 21st, 2011
Over the last couple of weeks you may have seen news reports referring to the Baccalaureate target, a new league table target introduced by the coalition government as an indication of secondary school success rates. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, Baccalaureate, disabled learners, disabled students, Inclusive Education, league tables, school targets
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January 12th, 2011
Over the last couple of months, university tuition fees have rarely been out of the headlines. Whether it’s student protests or sit ins or MPs rebellions everyone has seemed to be talking about the new proposals and how they affect young people’s access to higher education but very little has been said about the impact of the changes on disabled students. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, disabled students, entry requirements, higher education, Inclusive Education, tuition fees, university, university fees
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December 22nd, 2010
Earlier this month the ALLFIE team left London for snowy Nottingham to take part in an exciting European partnership looking at inclusive education. Families, disabled people and professionals from Iceland, France, Italy, Romania and the UK came together in Nottingham to share experiences of inclusion and visit examples of inclusive practise in education in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, Europe, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Nottingham
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October 27th, 2010
The equality act became law in the UK on Friday the 1st of October but will it bring equality for disabled people? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allfie, Alliance for Inclusive Education, Disability Discrimination Act, Discrimination, Equality Act, Equality Duty
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