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31/12/04 Asian Tsunami disaster {bbc} Click link for various sites where you can help or donate
23/12/04 Why are we being bullied? {leeds today} Bullying online isn't allowed into the cosy club that is the ABA...unless it joins the gang and does what the gang tells it to. Some might call that bullying... see also the October item below
21/12/04 Child death cases to be reviewed {bbc}
15/12/04 Blunkett resigns {mirror/arch member} ...but Clarke fills in...every silver lining has a cloud. Ruth Kelly takes over at Education.
01/12/04 School trials fingertip clock-in {bbc}
30/11/04 ARCH site update That page you had tagged disappeared? We've done some filing!
26/11/04 Margaret Hodge Risks New 'Nanny State' Accusations {scotsman} Yes she does..."Nana" Hodge then is it?
21/11/04 School X-ray checks "possibility" {bbc} Well, something we agree on Mr Clarke...the bit "he hoped it would never come to it" Especially when options like a proper anti-bullying strategy, making schools better places to go or even a metal detector, are in the queue before the "pornographer option"
17/11/04 Revenue counts cost of tax glitch {computing} Oho, this one could be the equivalent of a lottery win...if you've been deleted!
17/11/04 CSA chief resigns amid criticism {bbc} or the computer system that still wouldn't help...we wonder how the proposed children's one will fare? see also our entry for feb'04
17/11/04 Results fiasco test chief quits {bbc}
16/11/04 Students not robots, says Charles {bbc} Even the man-who-would-be can see a problem with the way the state treats children...
15/11/04 Girl stunned {western morning news} Truancy patrols - US method...given the UK penchant for importing American ideas...??
15/11/04 Promises are like bubbles... {arch/freeplay network} In June 2001, the Labour Party made an election promise to "earmark" £200 million of National Lottery money to "create 2,000 new children's safe play areas throughout the UK." The November/December 2004 edition of Play Today reports that today the Government is "on the brink of breaking that promise".
14/11/04 Computer loophole hits hi-tech NHS trial {times} Secure, confidential, professional, govt database... spot the odd one out
10/11/04 Children Bill vote {arch} By a majority of 12 the Lords have approved the latest reading of the Children Bill...we can now look forward to every child being on Big Brother's database, accessible to all and sundry who are allegedly "professionals"...and for what? "Every Child Matters" was the mantra, for what purpose? No longer private citizens, children will be watched and thereby controlled by the state. Parents don't count (unless they're "good") and children don't either...certainly not as the individual private human beings they should be. Their rights will be looked after by a commissioner with all the power to control other commissioners, but none to represent children, not quite toothless, but certainly wearing dentures.
10/11/04 The watered down Commissioner {crae/e-politix} Children's minister Margaret Hodge has watered down the role of the proposed children's commissioner for England to make it the weakest in Europe, the Children's Rights Alliance for England warns today. The criticism comes as peers prepare to debate Commons amendments to the Children Bill.
29/10/04 ARCH Press Release on the ICS database {arch} The Big Brother of all children's databases...already at trial stage...is it "technologically impossible" then Mr Watmore or is someone being economical with the truth?
27/10/04 Children Bill: Information database clause holds up debate {young people now}
27/10/04 Sunnybank Preparatory School classroom webcasting {spy} Probably the best report on this latest outbreak of surveillance at any price.
25/10/04 DVLA man helped animal activists {bbc}
Yet another demonstration that a children's
database doesn't pose any
13/10/04 Row over new anti-bully "tsars" {bbc} ...and one of them is a publishing company, no vested interest there then.
11/10/04 The Children Bill amendments {parliament} The UK - signatory to the UNCRC - no mention in the Children Bill...welcome to the unreal world of...
05/10/04 ARCH Press Release on Child Prostitution {arch}
30/09/04 Increase in knife crime led by young {evening standard} We would like to draw the Met's and any LEA's attention to this. Funny how machines brought in for anti-terrorism are being considered for use on children.
28/09/04 Children Bill repeats ID Card database problems {out-law}
27/09/04 Laura's parents back anti-bullying law {scotsman} When denial is not enough, culture change is the sensible option.
24/09/04 Children Bill update {arch}
22/09/04 No room at the inn {arch} The inclusion unit at the dfes bends over backwards to be inclusive...by not allowing ARCH to attend a meeting...because there isn't enough room. Does anyone know how much square footage of office the dfes owns or how much is readily rentable?
21/09/04 19th report from the Joint Human Rights Committee Includes their concerns about the children bill...info sharing, lack of detail...hang on this bit says it "...serious interferences with Article 8 rights"
16/09/04
Climbié council hired paedophile to work with children {guardian}
16/09/04 Of course you can do what you like at Haringey... {guardian} re the item above, now it all makes perfect sense?
16/09/04 Rise in teenage truancy figures {bbc} All that money (ours) on truancy sweeps...and the answer is....oh not more truancy sweeps!
14/09/04 ARCH presses for amendment to Children Bill {arch} The Children Bill, with warts and all (and then some), is back, without much change. ARCH offers a very necessary inclusion.
08/09/04 ARCH responds to the Commission on Families...{arch}
08/09/04 Extended schools - boarding without beds {guardian}
03/09/04 Children are ordinary citizens too {CRAE/guardian} We are not alone with our concerns Mr Government...
26/08/04 Civil servants punished after porn inquiry {e-politix} The DWP has a shakeout of bored employees...of course the temptation to play with computers in idle moments will never affect the proposed database on children will it?
16/08/04 Watchdog's Big Brother UK warning {bbc} National ID card, Citizen Info Project, Children's Database... Let's play "joined up databases" shall we? Looks like too much information from here...
12/08/04 IT failure hits student funding {e-politix} Another flawed computer system? Gosh!
10/08/04 Perilous new rules for children in prison {howard league}
09/08/04 Letters to the Editor: What will it take to keep children safe? {times}
Thankyou Professor
Sheldon 09/08/04 NHS data "spine" goes live {times} and odds on the first hacking incident? (suppose that's called a lumbar puncture)
02/08/04 ARCH Press Release on X-ray scanning of children {arch} Yes they can see through uniforms, and tell you what underwear our children are wearing...hmm...big brother as pornographer eh?
01/08/04 Police offer schools weapons scans {bbc} The scanners that can see what through uniforms...usually used at airports for screening potential terrorists...now available on loan from the Met.
29/07/04 Hodge Slammed for undermining Welsh devolution {e-politix} 28/07/04 Hodge wins "Big Brother" award {bbc} The Worst Public Servant for 2004.
26/07/04 High-flying schools must think small {guardian} 25/07/04 National database on children being proposed {times} The sharing Big Brother... Despite the objections raised about the children bill...it's back again. Note that the article quotes that this is somehow related to Victoria Climbie, we (including Labour) know this is untrue.
25/07/04 Ministers to consider vaccination scheme for drug addiction {independent} The caring Big Brother...
25/07/04 Parents taught to play with the kids {observer} The Big Brother who plays together...
14/07/04 Analysis of the Children Bill {young people now} 05/07/04 ARCH press release on smacking ban {arch} 23/06/04 ARCH submission to the JCHR on the Draft Transport Bill 22/06/04 NCH/NFPI consultation into the relationship between state and the family {4 nations/arch member}
22/06/04 Teacher fined for using girls to beat boys {guardian} 22/06/04 Bichard calls for Child Register {bbc} Probably a lot cheaper than attempting to database all children...
22/06/04 Guilty of Being Young {guardian} 21/06/04 Privacy International's 'Big Brother' awards are on July 28th - 17/06/04 "Quickie" truancy fines dealt out {bbc} 04/06/04 Homeless children 'miss school' {bbc} 03/06/04 Truancy levels 'on the increase' {bbc} Should we agree to throw more money at the patrols, or shall we spend it improving the school environment?
01/06/04 CD details of children {scotsman} Data security, Midlothian version. You can just tell that responsibility to the children wasn't high on this guys list.
24/05/04 House of Lords debate Children Bill {arch member} Our easy access guide, watch out for the bit where Labour admit that the database obsession predates the Laming inquiry.
23/05/04 Stranger danger' drive harms kids {guardian} 19/05/04 ARCH presentation to the Community Care Live Session {arch} 19/05/04 All eyes on the child {guardian} 13/05/04 Girl, 14, allowed secret abortion {daily express} 12/05/04 DNA screening for babies {bbc} let's get all the information we can...
11/05/04 Protesters attack government child welfare reforms {guardian} 07/05/04 BMA submission to Lords {bma} 07/05/04 Press Release on Demo {arch} 04/05/04 Public meeting on the National Identity Card {privacy intn'l} 03/05/04 Children Bill - A teenager's view {liberteen} 03/05/04 Parents to blame for truancy {bbc} We beg to differ Mr Hart, our PR is here on that kind of comment.
30/04/04 Amendments for the Children Bill 2nd reading published 29/04/04 Virtual protest page against Children Bill launched {arch} 28/04/04 Website for the English Secondary Students Association goes live {arch} 28/04/04 Worries start to register {bbc} 27/04/04 Students will need ID cards to get loans {e-politix} Students will be required to carry ID cards before they can obtain loans for university, education secretary Charles Clarke has told MPs.
26/04/04 Blunkett to hand police extensive ID cards powers {e-politix} National database 2, the one for me and you...
22/04/04 What a waste...{e-politix bulletin} Billions of pounds are wasted every year on new IT systems, according to a report published by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer Society. Only around 16 per cent of IT projects can be considered truly successful, it concludes.
21/04/04 Tracking parents {spiked online} 19/04/04 Technobabble {the times} David Rowan on a database not far away...
16/04/04 Innocent people dubbed criminals {bbc} These are just the "accidental" ones, and you can't measure the deliberate or "sleepers"...
12/04/04 RYOGENS - contender for the IRT national database? {ARCH} 07/04/04 Snooping fears as civil servants misuse IT {e-politix} Well, we did say it was a possibility...should we give them our children's info to entertain themselves with?
06/04/04 Sharing information to identify children at risk: RYOGENS launches 6 April 06/04/04 Scotland - Ryogens hailed a success {4 nations} 31//03/04 Children Bill in Lords I {hansard} Even ARCH gets a mention, thankyou messrs Howe & Northesk
31/03/04 Children Bill for Scotland? {children now} Why stop at two countries when you can have the British Isles Mr Blair?
26/03/04 Critics of children bill flag up weaknesses {0-19)
24/03/04
Tracking children: a road to
danger in the Children Bill? {arch}
16/03/04 "Expert" abused girls {bbc} An expert who advised on how to protect children from paedophiles has been jailed for seven years for the "systematic abuse" of three young girls.
12/03/04 Scottish Executive release guidance for HE families {schoolhouse} 10/03/04 Children bill, comment & analysis {children now} 07/03/04 Abuse by Proxy {observer} 05/03/04 Chief Constable expresses personal opinion {bbc} Chief Constable Kelly would like every child to be DNA registered... 05/03/04 Child abuse measures condemned as 'timid' by charities {telegraph} 04/03/04 Child protection overhaul "could lead to child abuse claims" {guardian} 04/03/04 Eton teacher resigns over porn {bbc} 04/03/04 ARCH Press Release on Children Bill {ARCH} 04/03/04 Will the Children Bill work? {bbc} 04/03/04 Release of Children Bill {e-politix} Bill can be seen by clicking here 03/03/04 Database will put children at risk {Evening Standard} 03/03/04 Child Abuse: New Scandal {Evening Standard} Another professional in hot water over MSBP...and the govt would like to entrust our children's welfare to such people?
01/03/04 MSBP starred question in Lord's {e-politix}
Whether the government will review the scientific validity of
29/02/04 ARCH issues statement on the Children Bill Oh yes, the forthcoming Bill...don't mind us Mr Blair, we're just parents.
27/02/04 Home education child abuse fears {bbc/ARCH member} Spot the factual errors...no we'll make it harder, spot the fact.
27/02/04 On the Spot Fines for Parents of Truants {independent} The police state took a step closer today, headteachers, ewo's and the police can now issue on the spot fines to parents of truants.
22/02/04 Random drug testing in schools {bbc/ARCH member} And does your mother know?
21/02/04 Is it safe? {Devon Express & Echo} OK so it was the cleansing dept this time, are all govt systems this secure?
12/02/04 Safeguarding Children Consultation {ARCH member} Comments required by the govt on this "framework" proposal. Just a framework? Then why does it go into great detail about things like Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy? Now discredited, but not discarded, as it's available at the Dept of Health website here. For a brief recap on MSBP and Roy Meadow click here
12/02/04 Computer blunder number 3 {ARCH member/guardian}Just in case someone were to point out that the 2 below are "isolated" or "rare" we have Capita and the CRB system demonstrating the art of being er, you decide.
11/02/04 Children's details posted on internet {ARCH member} Secure data integrity - American style 11/02/04 CSA blunder (ARCH member/guardian} The new £450m computer system at the Child Support Agency (CSA) - which has been dogged with problems - may be ditched if it cannot be made to work properly, the secretary of state for work and pensions, Andrew Smith warned today. 04/02/04 Exeter Truancy is a major problem... {ARCH member} ...according to man at Devon Education, Phil Norrey. This is in direct contradiction to the EWO who stated it wasn't. Must be more than one policy at work there then. 21/01/04 Home educators discover Ofsted guidance docs {uk-he} And not only Home Ed, there's also one for assessing how well an LEA shares information (click here) 21/01/04 Amnesty International release poster pack {uk-he} On the UNCRC - available from:- To order,
call 01788 545553 and ask for the Child Rights 12/01/04 Exeter Truancy Initiative {devon council, via sw-he} Shopkeepers are being asked to report children not in school. The police seem to have forgotten the guidelines and the city manager pleads ignorance of home ed. But the percentage of truants versus the money spent? |
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