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Staying the course
This report finds that, when compared internationally, England achieves a high rate of student retention. However the variation between retention rates of different institutions and the worsening of some institution's continuation rates shows that there is scope for further improvement. This will be increasingly important as access to further education is broadened, bringing in students who are likely to need more support. Amongst the recommendations are: the monitoring of retention at student, faculty and course level; the use of early-leaver surveys when problems are identified; more positive student support that emphasises ways to improve grades; identification of students eligible for Disabled Students' Allowances; the adoption of good practice from other institutions.
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The New Homes Bonus
The Department for Communities and Local Government is not adequately monitoring the £1.3 billion New Homes Bonus paid to local authorities up to 2013-14. The scheme aims to deliver 140,000 new homes over the next ten years. The Department has not decided upon a review's scope or methodology. The National Audit Office calls for the essential review to be carried out urgently. This report has found some evidence that the New Homes Bonus has given authorities resources to allow them to continue activities such as identifying empty homes and bringing them back into use. But the scheme is mainly funded by redistributing central government's core funding for local authorities. Some local authori...
Case Study on Integration
This case study looks at the four Whole-Place Community Budget areas, West Cheshire; Whole Essex; Greater Manchester; and the West London Tri-borough area. It accompanies HC 1041 (ISBN 9780102981346) which looks broadly at the progress and benefits of the scheme. The case study confirms there has been effective collaboration in assessing thoroughly the evidence base for local service reforms. Longer term, achieving value for money will require the Department for Communities and Local Government and local areas to sustain commitment to careful implementation to careful implementation and robust evaluation to identify the actual costs and benefits of new, more integrated ways of working
Widening Participation in Higher Education
Some progress is being made in encouraging under-represented groups to continue into higher education, but particular sections of society remain significantly under-represented and too little is known about the link between measures taken by institutions and any improvements in access. The attainment of qualifications at secondary school is the principal reason for the difference in participation rates but social class remains a strong determinant of higher education participation. Women are better represented than men and those from non-white ethnic groups are better represented than white people. The report finds that white people from lower socio-economic groups are the most under-represe...
Cafcass's response to increased demand for its services
Cafcass's management could not have predicted the sustained increase in care cases from November 2008. Cafcass had to deal with an extra 200 new care cases each month from November 2008 - around 40 per cent more. Simultaneously, the courts needed advice on hundreds more children involved in family breakdowns. Between November 2008 and July 2009, the number of children involved in care and other public law proceedings without a dedicated family court adviser grew from around 250 to 1,250. Cafcass was not well placed to respond efficiently and effectively because it had only partly resolved known organisational challenges around management information, IT systems and staff engagement by the ti...
