Flexible robot that can sneak into small spaces for mapping, inspections
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A lizard-like soft robot that can creep into walls, ductwork, and pipes to perform…
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US starts new round of audit inspections on China firms- source By Reuters
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(Reuters) -U.S. inspectors have…
Gaming Compliance Inspections Underway Across New South Wales
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The Guardian Media Group has announced a global ban on gambling advertising, arguing it is unethical to take money from services that can lead to “addiction and financial ruin”.
Anna Bateson, the…
Former Ofsted chief: school inspections should change after headteacher’s death
The former chief inspector of schools in England Sir Michael Wilshaw has said Ofsted’s style of school inspections needs to change after the death of the headteacher Ruth Perry.Wilshaw, who led Ofsted until 2016, said Perry’s death,…
Schools deserve better than this Ofsted inspections regime | Letters
Re your editorial (The Guardian view on Ofsted inspections: not fulfilling their purpose, 24 April), in 1992, Ofsted was set up by statute to assess the quality of education in each school. It was not established primarily or directly to…
The Guardian view on Ofsted inspections: not fulfilling their purpose | Editorial
It is the one thing that every state headteacher fears. A single bad Ofsted grade has the power to condemn a school to failure. The recent death of the primary headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life while awaiting a report that…
Ofsted chief admits to ‘culture of fear’ around England’s school inspections
The head of Ofsted has admitted that “a culture of fear” exists around England’s school inspections but said she had no reason to doubt the system of school gradings that has been blamed for the death of a headteacher.Amanda Spielman, the…
Teachers’ union votes to abolish Ofsted inspections after death of Ruth Perry
School inspections in England and Wales should be abolished and headteachers should refuse to work as inspectors until “toxic” pressures on mental health have been resolved, a teachers’ union says.Delegates at the National Education Union’s…
Why headteachers are fighting back against Ofsted inspections – podcast
When Ofsted inspectors visited Ruth Perry’s primary school in Reading last year, they told her it would be downgraded to the lowest ranking because of gaps they found in the school’s safeguarding…
A life’s work destroyed by insensitive Ofsted inspections | Letters
I was deeply saddened to read about Ruth Perry, the headteacher of Caversham primary school (Headteacher killed herself after news of low Ofsted rating, family says, 17 March). Over 20 years ago, I was an inner-city primary school…