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Bredin, James – EBU Review, 1975
A look at the British government's decision to support proposals for radio broadcasts of House of Commons proceedings. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Legislation, Political Issues, Programing (Broadcast), Radio
Stretch, J. A. – Training Offic, 1969
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Engineering, Industrial Training, Legislation
Peer reviewedEducation in Chemistry, 1975
Provides a brief sketch of this safety act, put into effect in Great Britain in April, 1975. (MLH)
Descriptors: Health, Laboratory Safety, Legislation, Safety
Bredin, James – EBU Review, 1975
The rationale for the decision not to televise parliamentary proceedings in Great Britain. (HB)
Descriptors: Legislation, Mass Media, Political Issues, Radio
Hansen, Gary B. – Training Develop J, 1969
Descriptors: Financial Support, Government Role, Industrial Training, Legislation
Barlow, Peppy – Educ Training, 1970
Training boards resulting from the Industrial Training Act are intended to insure a supply of trained manpower, improve the quality of training, and spread the cost more evenly within the industries. Problems and achievements are discussed. (JK)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Wedell, K.; And Others – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1982
Two educators discuss the potential impact of Britain's 1981 Education Act on special education, emphasizing four aspects: the concept of special educational need, the place of formal assessment procedures, formulation of children's special educational needs, and the choice of special placement. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Legislation
Direct linkAllison, Pete; Telford, John – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2005
Outdoor education has a long and well documented history in Great Britain which is regularly linked to Hahn, Gordonstoun School, and the Outward Bound movement. A kayaking tragedy in 1993 resulted in the introduction of new legislation through Parliament. This has led to major changes in outdoor education in Great Britain and extensive debates,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Educational History, Educational Trends
British Information Service, New York, NY. Reference Div. – 1977
This pamphlet outlines activities that the British government has undertaken to provide equality of opportunity to ethnic minorities. Background information is provided through an overview of immigration trends which describes racial and regional distributions of minority groups. Legislation concerning race relations and discrimination is…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Equal Education, Equal Facilities
Peer reviewedBooth, N. – Education in Chemistry, 1975
Quotes several sections of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and discusses how these sections will affect science teaching at all levels in Great Britain. (MLH)
Descriptors: Laboratory Safety, Legal Responsibility, Legislation, Safety
Download full textHoskins, Dalmer; Bixby, Lenore E. – 1973
An increased interest in the position of women, stimulated by increasing numbers of women in the labor force as well as the women's movement, has resulted in a reexamination of women's status under social security programs in many countries. Five case studies (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, and United States), which…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Equal Protection, Females, Foreign Countries
Morrish, Elizabeth – 1996
This study analyzed writing in prominent British newspapers concerning homosexuality and lesbianism, focusing on these elements of discourse: discourse themes and assumptions underlying their choice; information treated as given or implied in the text; relationships with other discursive formations and texts; signification about the writer's…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
Peer reviewedNapier, D. H. – Education in Chemistry, 1975
Discusses the operation of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 in relation to British universities. (MLH)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Safety
Peer reviewedAdoption & Fostering, 1994
Reviews 17 publications covering a variety of topics including abused disabled children; child placement; helping attachment disordered children; open adoption; family empowerment; teenage fostering; the Children Act of 1989 (Great Britain); family law; social services and child care law; and challenging racism in the early years. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Book Reviews, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Peer reviewedBorrows, T. P. – Education in Chemistry, 1975
Describes some of the problems likely to be encountered by British science teachers and school science departments in the implementation of laboratory standards under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. (MLH)
Descriptors: Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Safety, Legal Responsibility, Legislation
