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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Estranged fathers ''will get more rights''
But proposals for courts to ensure parents have equal time with their children would be ''dangerous''
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Universal credit becomes 'digital by default'
Department for Work and Pensions leads digital framework by transacting online
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350,000 children cyber bullied costing UK £18m
One in 13 experiencing bulling online, with teachers also facing problems
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Cable launches 'biggest ever' apprenticeship week
Business Secretary Vince Cable launches fifth annual apprenticeship week
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Ofsted chief: over 5,000 heads are inept
But the headteachers' union has responded by saying that condemnation won't improve performance
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FEATURES ON GOVERNMENT ISSUES
Back to the future for NHS
With health unions implacable in their opposition to Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms, Calum Paton, professor of public policy at Keele University, suggests the government has yet to find any way forward – other than by rehashing old ideasMaterials world
Former President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Professor Sir Colin Humphreys discusses reviving the economy via materials research and manufacturing
Innovate and accelerate
Anne Wendel, Project Manager at the European Robotics Association, sheds light on how the industry is recovering from the financial crisis and making Europe fit for the future
'Skills and Market Requirements'- bridging the gap
Public Service Review reports on the ambitions of Poland's Minister of Science and Higher Education Barbara Kudrycka, who aims to strengthen the industry despite hard times
Ambitious Austria
President of the Austrian Science Fund Christoph Kratky comments on the state of the country's scientific research and the routes that must now be pursued
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