The Independent Complaints Adjudication Service for Ofsted deasl with complaints from the public about Ofsted decisions affecting them. The website provides information about the adjudicators and the adjudication process.
The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) for Higher Education is the body responsible for handling student complaints in England and Wales and was set up under the Higher Education Act of 2004. The site contains details about the complaints process and the range of topics that they do and do not deal with. Summaries of cases dealt with are available on the site along with annual reports and good practice guidance.
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial government department that reports directly to Parliament. It brings together four formerly separate inspectorates, including the Adult Learning Inspectorate and the Commission for Social Care Inspection. It inspects and regulates care for children and young people and education and training for learners of all ages. They provide a four yearly inspection of state funded schools in the UK, the reports of which are available online.
This website provides access to the online casebook designed to accompany The Law of Higher Education by Dennis Farringdon and David Palfreyman (Oxford University Press). The casebook is made freely available by the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (OxCHEPS). The full text is given for the majority of cases cited in the Law of Higher Education along with commentary and analysis.
Online guide providing access to sources of information relating to the administration of bail and due process in the United States. The guide was written by Ken Strutin, who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association, and was published in July 2011 on LLRX.com. Summaries and links to legal articles, cases, standards, reports and studies are given covering the Constitution, the Bail Reforrn Act 1984, pre-trial detention, pre-trial release and human rights issues.
Website of the European Commission Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture. The main sections of the site are Education and Training (with links to EU programmes, such as Erasmus), Lifelong Learning, Culture, Youth, Multilingualism and Sport. The site provides access to an extensive selection of online publications including information on the various policy areas and programs of the DG. The site is available in all the EU official languages, although some documents are only in a select few.
The Government Equalities Office has evolved from the Women and Work Commission and deals with the gender pay gap and other issues affecting employment. Its priorities include women and work, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, women and violence, the National Equality Panel and representation in public life. There is also information on the Equality Act 2010.
This section of the UK Government website provides information for disabled people on the subjects of housing, employment, education, health, transport and equal rights under the Equality Act 2010.
The Migration Policy Group (MPG) is an independent group based in Brussels which seeks to influence and improve public policy making relating to international migration. Its website provides information on the aims of the group, MPG's programmes and projects, national migration country reports, publications and journals including the 'Migration News Sheet'
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is a London-based charitable organisation, which conducts research and produces educational resources relating to racial equality in Britain and internationally. The journal Race and Class is available online by subscription. Briefing papers are made freely available in PDF and cover issues such as EU deportation policies, French parliamentary commission on the burqa or niqab and the Swiss referendum on minarets.. Information about using the IRR's library is available, along with references to projects (including many online reports) and news.
