DATA SECURITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
The recent scandals concerning the loss of millions of people’s unencrypted, personal details have obscured the release of a recent report which states that ‘…detailed information on two million primary schoolchildren in England is being put at risk…’ Schools used to keep data in locked filing cabinets; now it is digital, and backed up by heads and administrators each day. However, the survey found that what primary schools do with the back-up sticks or discs often has security implications, for example, staff taking them home at night. The research was conducted by RM School Management Solutions. Their expert, Nigel Rayner, joins Libby Purves; and from St Thomas Primary School in Swansea the head teacher, Dave Tyler, talks about a new back-up system his school is using.
VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN THE MAINSTREAM
The debate about disabled children in mainstream schools is perennial. Some of the problems lie in sport and physical education. Consider what could happen to visually impaired children on the sports field or the gym. Do health and safety concerns underpin an apparent reluctance to involve young visually impaired people in sports? Maddy Kirkman, a visually impaired teenager, and Fay Wertheimer visited a special session run by one of 27 Actionnaries clubs in the UK. They found that it is not a slow, cautious or boring business at all.
150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT
11th February 2008 is the 150th anniversary celebration of Cambridge Assessment (formerly University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and best known in the UK for its UK OCR exams).
It is the longest surviving examinations board whose existence is very much part of social history, such as the fact that women were not allowed to sit examinations until 1865 and had to campaign to be allowed to do so. Interview with Andrew Watts, Director of Cambridge Assessment, and contributor of a chapter to the book, Examining the World.
Caroline Swinburne met the archivist of Cambridge Assessment, Gillian Cooke, the online exhibition about the anniversary.
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