All news stories
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Wanted! Inspirational CPD leaders (23/06/2008)
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Early years educationalists meet this weekend (23/06/2008)
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Education of Looked After Children (03/05/2008)
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Chowcat welcomes Children’s Plan boost (03/04/2008)
Aspect today (03-04-08) welcomed the package of measures to boost the Children's Workforce announced by the government.
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Aspect and education welfare managers agree new protocol (26/03/2008)
A new protocol to underpin co-operative and collaborative work between local authority education welfare and school improvement services has been endorsed by Aspect’s national council and by the council of the Association of Education Welfare Managers (AEWM).
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Early years professionals call for parity and a national pay structure (21/03/2008)
Union leaders representing Early Years Professionals have called for a national pay framework and are to lobby the government for guarantees that their status is genuinely equivalent to Qualified Teacher Status.
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Aspect to join public sector workers lobby in June (21/03/2008)
Aspect members will join teachers, health workers, probation officers, social workers, civil servants, childcare workers and firefighters among public service workers representing the six million public sector workers in the UK who are going to London in June to lobby MPs over the future of public service and to call for fair pay.
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Aspect’s new social care professionals section (20/03/2008)
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Soulbury Update (17/12/2007)
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Soulbury Employers' Side Final Pay Offer 2007 (16/11/2007)
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New DCSF Consultation on proposed Children's Plan (28/09/2007)
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New Relationship with Schools Survey (24/09/2007)
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Healthy schools and school improvement (06/07/2007)
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Soulbury 2007: pay claim submitted (19/06/2007)
Aspect is demanding for a number of key improvements to be incorporated into the next Soulbury pay agreement.
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Aspect wins seat on national local government pension scheme review group (01/05/2007)
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Primary review: Aspect response (28/02/2007)
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New children's services charter published (31/01/2007)
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Annual conference extended to full two-day professional development programme (22/01/2007)
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Time for government to deliver on personalised learning (04/09/2006)
A deeper and more serious debate must be initiated on the key benefits of personalised learning.
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DfES praises recent Aspect initiatives (24/07/2006)
Aspect has received praise from a top-ranking DfES official for its recent work supporting educational improvement professionals.
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Tomorrow's professionals - TUC opens fresh debate (23/06/2006)
Composition of the workforce is changing, says TUC.
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Aspect responds to government guidance on schools causing concern (23/06/2006)
The Department for Education and Skills has published draft guidance on schools causing concern. Read Aspect's comments at www.aspect.org.uk/policy/submissions.
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New HMCI to play critical role in children's services agenda (08/06/2006)
Aspect today welcomed the appointment of Christine Gilbert CBE as the new Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (HMCI) in England.
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Aspect annual conferenc to explore key theme of personalised learning (10/04/2006)
Aspect’s 2006 annual conference will address the key issue of personalised learning.
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White Paper: Government “running with its eyes shut”, says Aspect (27/02/2006)
Proposed changes to Education and Inspections Bill do not go far enough, Aspect is arguing.
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Plans for educational advisory staffs in Northern Ireland announced (23/11/2005)
Angela Smith, the Minister for Education in Northern Ireland has issued a statement on the review of educational administration in Northern Ireland. The statement, given at a conference on 22 November, outlines the government's plans for the future of educational advisory staffs in the province.
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New schools white paper - Aspect reaction (17/11/2005)
The government's new schools white paper, Higher Standards, Better Schools For All marks the next phase of controversial plans to reform the school system.
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Majority vote in favour of non-party political fund (31/08/2005)
Members have voted in favour of the establishment of a non-party political fund for the Association.
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New policy document on future impact of integrated children’s services published (11/07/2005)
The Association has published a policy document linking the future impact of integrated children’s services and the role of educational improvement professionals.
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Talks with NASWE begin (06/06/2005)
The Association has met with leading figures from NASWE, the professional association representing social workers.
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School governors and self-evaluation (06/06/2005)
The further involvement of school governors in the process of school self-evaluation moved a step closer after talks held at Cambridgeshire County Council.
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New-look magazine launched (19/04/2005)
The Association has launched a new magazine for members.