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Public opinion of British prime minister David Cameron is discussed in light of the Panama Papers leak of information regarding the investment and holding of assets in offshore tax havens by Cameron, his father's Blairmore trust, and other politicians and officials. Criticism of the publication of tax returns by Cameron, Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, and mayor of London Boris Johnson is offered and inequality in British society is described.

The article discusses the paper "Occupational Health Nurse Education, Funding and Regulation", has been published by nurses leading the development of a Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing (FOHN) on the future of occupational health nurse education. Topics discussed include gradual erosion of the professional standing of OH nursing and the Faculty Development Group (FDG) and current system of nurse education, funding and regulation on the professional development of practitioners.

The article argues that Great Britain government's higher education Green Paper, published in November 2015 indicates that it will remain possibly subject to a metrics-based interim "refreshment". It is stated that there is even a proposal to introduce a version for teaching. Among the reasons that drove a panellist to quit the REF were the lack of time for proper peer review and inevitable grade inflation.

The article offers the author's comment on the British government Green Paper which outlines that there is a lot to play for before the teaching excellence framework becomes law, adding that it has went out of fashion for a while. According to the author, consulting is not necessary when one knows exactly what he or she wants to do. The author cites the publication of "Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice."

The article discusses the proposal of the British government to bring in more private colleges and universities in England. It references the provisions in the higher education Green Paper framework regarding reduced requirements for institutions to apply for degree-awarding powers. It cites the comments of professor Aldwyn Cooper on the distinction and definition of a university model in bringing quality education.

The article discusses issues raised by "Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice," the British government's Green Paper on higher education reforms. Topics covered include the Office for Students, the sector's opening to new universities and colleges, Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Research Excellence Framework, student interest, disadvantaged students' access to higher education, and the remarks from Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson.

The article discusses the potential risk posed by austerity cuts and ill-conceived further education (FE) reforms on the British government's efforts to enhance the employment prospects of school leavers and raise the bar of FE. Topics covered include the reskilling of young adults, the results of the Policy Consortium's annual state-of-the-FE-nation annual survey, and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills' paper, "Apprenticeships Levy: employer owned apprenticeships training."

The article discusses how Anglican Church in Great Britain has targeted giving up plastic while following the tradition of giving up something for Lent. Since the 1950s, over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic have been produced in Britain, which is a growing cause of concern for environmentalists. The Anglican Church's Lent Plastic Challenge urges its members to give up single-use plastics with an accompanying calendar that suggested daily sacrifices such as plastic cutlery and shopping bags.

The author expresses his disappointment with the 2017 Green Paper on children and young people's mental health published by the British government, which excludes school-based counseling from the proposed mainstream provision. He reveals the burden brought by the plan on the teaching staff. The author mentions the effort of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) to improve access to counseling for children and young people.

The article offers information on the argument of British politician Layla Moran regarding the absence of girls from school because of the inability to buy sanitary products with the stigma on periods and poverty. Topics discussed include the survey on period poverty in British schools, the donation of hygiene products brand Bodyform for sanitary products, and the importance to include the menstrual health in relationships and statutory sex education.

The article focuses on the leaked "Paradise Papers" that revealed the millions of investments in Cayman Islands fund made by the Duchy of Lancaster private estate of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her payment of tax more than the legally required.

The article reports on the National Foundation for Educational Research's publication of an "NFER Thinks" paper that outlined the characteristics and advantages of having a standardised or uniform approach to delivering a school-entry or reception baseline assessment. They include validity and reliability, mitigating the effects of external variables, and objectivity and practicality.

The article discusses the working of Standards and Testing Agency (STA) for school pupils and teachers. Topics include struggle faced by the Department for Education in securing the exam papers; claim upheld by STA for not permitting teachers to see the full guidance provided to markers; and failure in long-term risk to the quality of teaching practice.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Offa pushes sector to do more to widen access" in the July 16, 2015 issue, "Compliant captives in a paper cage" in the May 21, 2015 issue, and "They would walk 500 miles" by Nick Hillman in the July 23, 2015 issue.

The article discusses the expansion of vocational education provision for Post-1992 universities proposed in Great Britain Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' (BIS) consultation paper. It mentions that these Post-92 universities have challenged the proposal to implement a polytechnic-type model. It presents the views of Nick Davy, higher education policy manager at the Association of Colleges, on the same.

In the article, the author discusses regulatory issues in the higher education sector in Great Britain as of June 2015, particularly the move by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) to outsource the work of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). He also cites the 2011 white paper "Students at the Heart of the System" claiming that Hefce should collaborate with the QAA, Office for Fair Access, and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.

The article reports that the Great Britain Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) has planned to conduct additional checks on the level of difficulty in the reformed science General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) qualifications after discovering problems on the new sample papers for maths qualifications. It says that ministers will conduct a close monitoring of the standards in the science qualifications and reassess the entire role of Ofqual as well.

The article provides information on "Rebuilding the Wall: A Manifesto for Initial and Continuing Teaching Education," a collection of papers authored by members of the Supply and Training of Teachers Advisory Group (SATTAG) in Great Britain calling for a national strategy to recruit, retain, and develop teachers. Suggestions on teacher education from Reading University Vice Chancellor David Bell included in the report are also discussed.

The article examines how the Health at Work Policy Unit will convince employers, employees, and the British government of the need to deal with health issues raised by a changing age demographic. Topics covered include the unit's three main functions which include the production of white papers that draw on pre-existing literature and data and are informed by expert advice and as a repository for information, good practice, and evidence-based solutions.

The article focuses on problem of period poverty faced by girls and women in schools, colleges and universities in Great Britain. It mentions need for schools in Great Britain to provide sanitary products to girls and women. It also mentions National Union of Students (NUS) has passed an unprecedented motion for providing sanitary products to all female undergraduates in Great Britain.

The article discusses plans of Scotland to provide free sanitary products to low income girls and women, with the launch of its Scottish Government pilot project; and mentions products will be distributed to secondary schools, education college, and organizations including Women's Aid.

The article reports that the British government has abandoned plans to help poor children attend selective schools (SS). Topics mentioned include the need for grammar schools (GS) to improve their admission for disadvantaged students, and the ideas proposed in the Department for Education's Green Paper entitled "Schools that Work for Everyone" including links between GS and non-selective schools.

The article reports on the views of the author that she has no desire to see copaymentsas part of any proposed solution in relation to problems of general practice. The Local Medical Committees conference in May 2017 had passed a resolution instructing the GPC to producea discussion paper on the issue of alternative funding options for the general practice including co-payments.

The author shares his views on the need to do away with the teacher assessment system in Great Britain. The teachers have to reportedly deal with having to tick numerous boxes on paper, voluminous evidence, and the cut-offs that demarcate students into pass and fail categories based on a single punctuation mark under the moderation process. He explains how moderators fail to scrutinize the judgments and local authority fails to question the results, with no official ever caring for the process.

The article reports that Great Britain's Department of Education has urged parents, who tweet questions from Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs) tests in primary schools in England, to remove any information related to the SATs papers as it give advantage to pupils in the upcoming tests.

The article offers information on a paper by professor Ellen Hazelkorn, published by the Centre for Global Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education, which reveals the role of global university rankings on shaping purpose of higher education. Topics discussed include changing relationship between higher education and the state; demand for global ranking data due to globalisation and massification of higher education; and geopolitical relations to higher education.

The article assesses the British government's legislation and policies aimed at improving the condition of education in the country. Topics discussed include the author's assertion that the government got it right with regards to drafting the policies under the Higher Education and Research Bill, the factors that make it hard for the government to compose effective policies for further education and the weaknesses of the Schools That Work for Everyone Green Paper.

The article discusses the Great Britain's Budget plan by Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer. It mentions Hammond's announcement to manage gig economy and higher taxes for self-employed people, where the chancellor raises their national insurance contributions (NICs). Policy reviews under the Prime Minister of Great Britain Theresa May are stated, which is still unclear, like a long-delayed white paper on the chronic shortage of housing and failure of endorsing ideas for housebuilding.

The article discusses the views of British politician Baroness Prosser and Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Lord Prior of Brampton on the British government's Industrial Strategy and Green Paper on industrial strategy. Baroness Prosser mentioned the link between employee engagement and productivity. The report "Skills and Demand and Industry" by the Institution of Engineering and Technology is also discussed.

The article presents the author views on concerns of several music teachers over development of lesson plan regarding their teaching towards the department under education system of the Great Britain. Topics discussed include provision of on-paper reassurance through lesson planning services; persistence with preset lesson plans leads to alienation of music students from music classes; and interference of lesson plan over creative energy between teachers and students.

The article discusses a report published by the British House of Commons Education Select Committee on its evidence check on the government's policy to increase selection and reintroduce grammar schools. The policy was outlined in the 2016 green paper "Schools That Work for Everyone." The report expressed concerns on the possible negative impact of the policy on the school system. Conservative chairman Neil Carmichael shared his views on the policy.

In the article, the author discusses developments in the education sector in Great Britain as of January 2017. Also cited are the industrial strategy green paper issued by the government that contains plans like reforming the country's technical education, the focus on skills and financing non-university learning, and the report by the National Audit Office hinting of a looming 8% cut in the schools' budgets.

The article comments on a Green Paper launched in January 2017, titled "Building Our Industrial Strategy," which announces the British government's new Modern Industrial Strategy that includes overhauling higher technical education. It explains why the government's education policy is not actually reforming technical education. It also comments on the budget allotted for the establishment of prestigious Institutes of Technology in all regions of the country.

The article reports on the launch by the British government of a new Modern Industrial Strategy with a Green Paper titled "Building Our Industrial Strategy" in January 2017. The strategy's focus is on an overhaul of higher technical education and a renewed emphasis on skills. It is said to be part of Prime Minister Theresa May's Plan for Britain that includes expanding the number of specialist free mathematics schools and encouraging more people into STEM subjects.

The article discusses the need of more professional teachers as markers following Great Britain government's educational reform measures through GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and A-level reform. It states high-quality markers are required to ensure papers are marked to the required standard in time which demands training to teachers and appropriate fees structure. It states Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) and exam boards doing the needful.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2016 annual conference of the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) that took place following the launch of a health and disability Green Paper in Great Britain. Topics include IES human resource (HR) research head Professor Stephen Bevan's presentation about the decade of progress towards getting work and wellbeing on the agenda and the presentation of case studies that looked at the challenges of employee wellbeing programmes in global companies.

The article focuses on the need of using only affirmative language for further education (FE) in Great Britain and its learners, to promote the positive social impact on people and communities that the sector delivers. It criticizes people for calling FE sector as the place of the second chance, as it was referred to as in the 2015 government consultation paper "A Dual Mandate for Adult Vocational Education." It also suggests to focus on the contribution of FE to social mobility.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the article "Psychic powers' paper pulled from journal after criticism," "Resits may not improve academic performance" and My university has asked me to keep a diary of my work, and I hate it."

Statistics are given regarding the special consideration to ill students during examinations in schools in Great Britain, the percentage of the requests that were approved, and the common mark-up on paper examinations in 2016.

The article reports on the issuing of a new policy paper "Protecting the Public Interest in Higher Education" by the Higher Education Policy Institute, which proposes civic benefits of higher education and tighter restrictions on obtaining degree-awarding powers.

The article offers information on the proposal of the Green Paper issued by the British government for private, selective, and faith schools. It discusses a report from the Resolution Foundation about the benefits provided by educational policies and political incentives on just managing families. It mentions several core components of education that educational policies should adapt such as high-quality curriculum, assessment system, and skilled teachers.

The article discusses Alina Schartner's co-authored paper "Empty signifiers' and 'dreamy ideals': perceptions of the 'international university' among higher education students and staff at a British university" on college staff and students suspicious of international strategies.

In the article, the author offers tips to newly qualified teachers (NQT) in Great Britain on how to make lessons with creativity and fresh ideas for their students. Among the tips are using such resources as syllabus, past papers and examiners' marking schemes to become an expert of one's subject, employing various delivery techniques, and reviewing and refining one's lesson plans.

The article offers the author's insights on the need for school admissions in Great Britain to be fair and open. Topics include the importance of fair admissions systems to support competition among institutions, the significant role of schools and parents, and the result of the white paper that proposes academies to build relationship with their local government.

The article offers information on the Lotus Foundation, a small healing arts centre, started by eco-spiritual artist Genie Poretzky-Lee near Swiss Cottage, London, England to bring the worlds of art and healing into conjunction. Topics discussed include the Fibre Art, a working collective, started by Genie in 1980, organic materials such as sand, crystals, and paper used by Genie in her paintings, and the book "Spheres: A Path of Many Windings" written by Genie.

The article focuses on a paper about the benefit of mindfulness in helping nurses provide compassionate care.

The article offers information on the access to enterprise and entrepreneurship for all university students. Topics discussed include views of Henry Jinman, co-founder of Crowdfund Campus, on the problem in universities regarding the approach for entrepreneurship education explained in white paper Crowdfunding in the Curriculum; need for programmes to drop the business plan as assessment method; and teaching problem-solving and market testing skills in universities.

The article discusses potential scenarios for education with the British vote to leave the European Union (EU) (Brexit). Topics discussed include likelihood of schools White Paper that includes initial teacher training reform, multi-academy trust accountability metrics, and national funding formula being put on hold, likelihood of some policies like Year 7 resits being eliminated by the new Department for Education (DfE) secretary, and possible decline in EU-national staff.