Improvement magazine

Members can use this area of the site to view back issues of Improvement, the Association's quarterly magazine.

The magazine takes a detailed look at all the latest news from the Association, as well as key developments in educational improvement and children's services. Improvement also incorporates Briefings, Aspect’s regular briefings of recently-published documents in education and children’s services.

  • Spring 2009 [MEMBERS ONLY]
    • Leading without power: Stirling's director of children's services David Cameron on your role in change
    • Supply side revolution: How Conservative education policy is evolving
    • Leading from the frontline: Aspect in a new national skills and training programme for the youth service workforce
  • Summer 2009
    • Poetry, policy and pedagogy: The children's laureate Michael Rosen in conversation
    • Pulled in two directions: How Liberal Democrat education policy is evolving
    • ECM and school improvement professionals: Highlighting the impact of the ECM agenda
    • Pedagogy in the early years: Lesley Staggs on improving outcomes for young children
  • Autumn 2009
    • Aspect in Conference: John Chowcat on the challenges that face the union plus conference reports and pictures
    • Under the spotlight: Aspect's conference analysed the new education white paper. Nick Wright reports
    • Achieving a voice: Roger Kline on social workers' rights
  • acrobat icon  Winter 2009
    • Speaking, listening, learning: Anita Kerwin-Nye talks to Clive Robson on the work of the Communication Trust
    • Between a rock and a hard place: Roger Kline analyses the recommendations of the Social Work Task Force
    • Climate change: Nick Wright on a role for trade unions
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