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Data on how deaf children are doing at school - now out

Ian Noon wrote 1 month ago: Last week, while I was sunning myself on holiday, NDCS published the data given to us by the Depart … more →

Tags: attainment gap, Data, DCSF, deaf children, GCSE's, statistics

Samson and Delilah

solidarityandjustice wrote 2 months ago: Samson and Delilah won the Audience Award at the Adelaide Film Festival and received 5 stars from Da … more →

Tags: Movies

NDCS supports call for action on inclusion

Ian Noon wrote 3 months ago: As well as being an opportunity to eat lots of easter eggs, Easter is traditionally the time of the … more →

Tags: deaf children, Inclusion, NASUWT, sen, Special Educational Needs

Valuing Diversity: The business case for gender equality during an economic downturn

kateenf wrote 4 months ago: Close the Gap in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University Business School have produced a pos … more →

Tags: (01) Women's Organisations / Projects

Is it REALLY Your Belief System Holding You Back?4 comments

stopyourdrama wrote 5 months ago: I’m sure it’s happened to you.  You see someone else who does exactly what you do but th … more →

Tags: Tell Yourself the Truth, Clear the Fog, Identify the Gap, Seth Godin, Head Drama, Entrepreneurs, spirituality, Belief Systems, Yoga

An end and a beginning for deaf children in Westminster

Ian Noon wrote 7 months ago: Last week, the parliamentary year ended. And then this week, a new one began. Nobody did an Auld Lan … more →

Tags: deaf children, Early day motions, Education, NDCS, Parliament, Queens' Speech, Westminster

Getting answers to Parliamentary Questions about deaf children in Westminster

Ian Noon wrote 8 months ago: It was two days late but we finally got an answer to Tom Levitt’s parliamentary question on de … more →

Tags: attainment, deaf children, NDCS, Parliamentary Questions, sen, Westminster

Asking questions about deaf children in Westminster...1 comment

Ian Noon wrote 8 months ago: One MP who has been very supportive of NDCS’s work is Tom Levitt. He’s one of the few MP … more →

Tags: deaf children, Parliamentary Questions, tom levitt

We can! We can! Yes, We can!

Mission Resourcing Network wrote 8 months ago: We can do it!  We can make a difference.  Professor Fiona Stanley told Fran Kelly on Radio National … more →

Tags: Justice, Hawke Lecture, Make Poverty History

Health care in Australia

Alex Schlotzer wrote 8 months ago: There are, in my view, two major debates about health care in Australia that are really worth focusi … more →

Tags: Federal Election, Rants & Raves, indigenous, Liberals, ALP, Australia, Social Justice, Australian Greens, Indigenous Australian's

Getting ready for the party: final preparations for the party conferences1 comment

Ian Noon wrote 10 months ago: The party conference beckon ever closer. And like all good parties, I have been spending absolutely … more →

Tags: deaf children, Education, liberal democrats, party conferences

Mentioning the phonics after all...1 comment

Ian Noon wrote 11 months ago: When I recently wrote about phonics, I got an interesting response from a guy who said: Recent resea … more →

Tags: deaf children, Literacy, Phonics, under achievement

Don't mention the phonics! 2 comments

Ian Noon wrote 11 months ago: So after all that hard work in getting our campaign report written, published and launched, what hav … more →

Tags: deaf children, educational under achievement, Lord, Must do better, NDCS, Phonics

An exciting day out on College Green...

Ian Noon wrote 1 year ago: Well, I am still alive after a week in which our campaign report was published. Sleep-deprived, but … more →

Tags: Campaigns, deaf children, houses of parliament, Lord Adonis, MPs, Must do better, NDCS

I probably shouldn't be showing you this...

Ian Noon wrote 1 year ago: … but here’s an exclusive preview of the cover of the campaign report we’ll be lau … more →

Tags: General, Campaign Report, Must do better, NDCS

Ian's to-do list for this week

Ian Noon wrote 1 year ago: You know I’m busy when I’ve got lots of yellow post-it notes on my desk. Well, right now … more →

Tags: General, Campaigns, deaf children, Department for Children, educational underachievement, MPs, NDCS, Schools and Families

Keeping Mum sweet: NDCS campaign planning

Ian Noon wrote 1 year ago: My Mum once made me promise that I would never become an MP because “MPs never keep their prom … more →

Tags: General, Aiming High for Disabled Children, Campaigns, DCSF, deaf children, Department for Children, EDCM, educational under achievement, Every Disabled Child Matters

What do deaf children in Wales want to be when they grow up?

Ian Noon wrote 1 year ago: I was in Wales this weekend. No, it was intentional – I had my NDCS volunteers hat on and was … more →

Tags: General, Campaign, deaf children, deaf role models, Gavin & Stacey, Llangrannog, NDCS, Volunteering, Wales

From little things big things really do grow

Alex Schlotzer wrote 1 year ago: From little things big things grow We’ve almost made the re-mix of Paul Kelly’s incredib … more →

Tags: Campaigns, Rants & Raves, indigenous, Australia, Education, GetUp!, Paul Kelly, Reconciliation, health


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