Educators are central to the implementation of Britain's Prevent Strategy, through the 'Prevent duty'. This mandatory reporting responsibility, shared with professional practitioners in health and welfare, requires educators to spot and refer individual students potentially 'vulnerable to' or 'at risk' of radicalisation. The Prevent duty…

The relationship between the police and communities can be difficult in ethnically divided societies, especially if membership of the police force is largely drawn from one community. This situation pertained in Northern Ireland, which has separate schools for different religious communities. Despite a major reform of the police after the signing…

THE TRAINING OF WORKERS IN SAFETY AND IN SAFE METHODS OF WORK IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION. IT IS A MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THIS, AND, TO BE EFFECTIVE, MANAGEMENT ITSELF MUST BE CONVINCED OF THE NEED FOR SAFETY TRAINING. IT SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT AS PART OF THE NORMAL TRAINING WHICH ALL ENTRANTS TO INDUSTRY RECEIVE. THE…

Detailing the policies and status of labor union education and training in Britain, especially training for union representatives and health and safety education, the author concludes that there is a massive potential demand for labor education, but that political and economic conditions are affecting such activities. (SK)

Discusses means of disseminating information about hazardous laboratory materials and situations; includes student-student contact, student-teacher contact, textbooks, research papers, and government services. (MLH)

This manual offers guidelines for training of personnel involved in the manufacture of bricks, including employment practices; handling and preparation of raw materials; making, drying, firing, sorting, packing, and loading of bricks. A major emphasis is placed on industrial safety. (MF)

Describes safety education curriculum units produced by the Science Teacher Education Project (STEP) in Great Britain. (MLH)

Discusses safety in school laboratories and school lab accidents in Britain and suggests ways of reducing potential hazards of school science. (HM)

This manual of operative training guidelines for fork lift truck driving has been developed by the Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products Industry Training Board (Great Britain) in consultation with a number of firms which manufacture fork lift trucks or which already have training--programs for their use. The purpose of the guidelines is to assist…

The third report of the Central Training Council, covering the first four years of its progress recounts expanded activities of the older Training Boards, including the publication of training recommendations, and the creation of eight new Boards; it also elaborates on areas which present continuing problems. The 26 Boards cover over 15 million…

Presents three different papers: (1) mathematical models and understanding in science; (2) attitude shaping in the training of science teachers (a role-playing strategy for laboratory safety and mini teaching as opposed to micro teaching); and (3) a technique in the analysis of technical writing to improve reading skills of students. (SK)

This annotated bibliography, which was developed as part of a series of selected bibliographies on aging for Great Britain's Centre for Policy on Ageing, contains a total of 368 entries organized under the following subject headings: risk (identification, nature, responsibilities, risk taking, security); environmental safety (hazards, design,…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in understanding and practicing principles of occupational health and safety. Discussed in the first three sections are the following topics: health and safety at work (causes of accidents, ways of dealing with and reporting accidents, procedures for preventing accidents and…

Information related to selecting, training, and certifying outdoor leaders for high adventure pursuits, is provided by selected experts from five English-speaking nations (Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States). Patterns of differences and similarities among these nations regarding outdoor leadership components and…