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How can financing assist the current challenges independent schools face?
Posted: 21/09/2022
There are over 2,000 independent schools in the UK, and around 600,000 children who are educated at these schools each year - accounting for approximately 6.4% of the total number of school children in England. The Bank of England has announced that the current inflation rate is at 10.1% (as of 17 August 2022)......>>
The price of defame: defamation claims and remedies
Posted: 20/09/2022
A claim for defamation arises when there has been publication of untrue allegations to third parties which name or identify the claimant and which has caused, or is likely to cause, serious harm to their reputation. Establishing the meaning of the words complained about is always the first step......>>
Landmark Supreme Court decision provides definitive answer on holiday pay for part year and casual workers
Posted: 21/07/2022
The Supreme Court yesterday issued a landmark decision in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. This decision deals with a key principle in relation to how to deal with holiday pay for casual and part year workers. Historically, where employers have paid rolled up holiday pay, this has been at a rate of 12.07%......>>
Freedom of speech in higher education - how did we get here?
Posted: 14/07/2022
The controversial topics of freedom of speech on campus and institutional autonomy recently hit the headlines again when the Guardian reported: ‘Universities to defy government pressure to ditch race equality group – “Line has been crossed” say English universities, after request to drop scheme identifying barriers to ethnic minority students’......>>
Obligations of higher education institutions to students with disabilities highlighted following student death
Posted: 14/07/2022
The University of Bristol has been found to have discriminated against a student who took her own life after it failed to make adjustments for her disability. The case was brought by Natasha Abrahart’s family after her death in 2018. Universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) have specific duties under the Equality Act 2010......>>

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Education alert - Tier 5 UK school closures
Given the Government’s ‘stay at home’ instruction yesterday evening, meaning schools will close for face to face learning until at least early February (except for vulnerable children and the children of key workers), independent schools are, at short notice, having to revert to their online learning provisions.

Coronavirus: special update for education institutions - April 2020
In this issue: With unforeseen political and economic measures being introduced on a daily basis to combat coronavirus, how we live and work in the short and medium term has changed dramatically.

Immigration update for education providers - November 2018
In this issue: While the Brexit chaos continues, the Home Office has launched the next phase of the EU Settlement Scheme. As from 15 November, those working in the higher education sector in this country can apply for settled status.

Education alert - March 2018
Most schools will be using rolled up holiday pay for any peripatetic (or other) term time workers, with 12.07% of pay as the additional holiday to be paid.

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