National Curriculum switching girls off IT
News Speakers at the "Women in IT" conference hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department for Education and Skills (DfES) agreed that the education system is to blame for female apathy towards IT.
[January 17, 2002, 10:31]
Welsh Assembly blocks school emails
News But the pact was made before the Cabinet had seen the Department for Education and Skills' (DfES) guidance to schools on the safe use of emails. After liaison with the DfES, we decided to review our pledge," confirmed the Welsh Assembly spokeswoman.
[September 3, 2001, 16:29]
Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds
Talkback This is what I discovered.http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl? I was skeptical about the previous posters comments. Claims of being a student and that the schools grades where bad.
[August 10, 2006, 3:06]
UK citizens shun e-government services
News Awareness and use of e-government services through the network of 6,000 UK Online centres is low, according to a survey published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The DfES report is based on feedback from UK Online managers and an...
[April 5, 2005, 15:55]
At last! The emperor
Talkback I don't notice the DfES cravenly removing taps from schools and replacing them exclusively with vending machines. Sounds like a long overdue breath of fresh air and good sense. I've noticed that the water available for schoolchildren to drink in...
[January 16, 2007, 17:02]
MPs: Open source faces exclusion in schools
News The motion reads, "[This House] expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills (DFES), through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open...
[November 27, 2006, 13:37]
Internet makes children lazy, says academic
News The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has set the National Grid for learning baseline, which requires one computer for every 11 students in primary schools, and one for every seven secondary school students by the end of next year.
[October 12, 2001, 14:15]
Core training aims to fill the skills gap
News Businesses are to be consulted on the proposals by a working group of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) for educational reform for those aged between 14 and 19. Core ICT training is at the heart of government proposals to bridge the UK...
[March 22, 2004, 14:30]
ID card scrutiny under threat
News Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East and a member of the House of Commons Science and Technology select committee, said on Thursday that proper oversight of scientific and technological issues could be threatened by the abolition of both the...
[July 12, 2007, 16:01]
Government pledges £50m for online curriculum
News Online curriculum resources on a national scale will be a world first," said a Department for Educations and Skills (DfES) spokesman. The Prime Minister has announced £50 million of new funding for the provision of an online education scheme in...
[December 10, 2001, 14:03]
Email to help working mothers
News The Better Services, Better Working Lives was officially handed over the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Department of Health (DoH) on Monday morning, and the recommendations will now be considered by the relevant authority.
[December 10, 2001, 16:53]
Government intellectual property under scrutiny
News Members include Becta, the British Library, the Cabinet Office's e-Government Unit, the Department for Education & Skills (DfES), the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and The National Archives.
[June 30, 2005, 16:05]
