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Time Spent On Assessment "Ineffective"
Nine out of ten teachers say they are spending a lot of time on assessment procedures that most claim are ineffective. The results of a survey1 carried out by MORI on behalf of Goal plc, the online assessment provider, show that the average teacher works 56 hours a week, three and a half hours of which are spent on formal assessment - writing and preparing, marking, analysing and reporting.
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84% Of Small Businesses Think Up To Half The Company's Time Is Spent On Paper Work
British Gas announced the results of its TIME survey. It examines the amount of time 456 SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises) spend on activities not directly related to delivering products or services. According to the survey administrative requirements can take over two months a year. Family life also suffers.
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Teachers Now Working A 56-Hour Week
As the four major teaching unions threaten a 35-hour week, a recent MORI poll reveals that 60 per cent of British teachers are now working at least 56 hours a week.
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Internet Bankers Still Want High Street Branches
The number of people banking online is still increasing rapidly, according to new research by Nationwide.
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Annual E-Government Survey Shows Nearly Two Thirds Want Online Transactions
The public's willingness to deal with the government electronically has leapt as citizens come to appreciate the convenience of online access, according to MORI's research for KPMG Consulting's annual benchmark e-government survey. The survey reveals a fundamental change in the public's understanding of the potential of electronic channels, with twice as many people now wanting to carry out online transactions (renew a passport, for example) as those simply wanting to access public service information online.
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Tony Blair, Hear This - Pets Have Issues Too!
The nation's cats and dogs gained a new champion today when Direct Line Pet Insurance presented its Pet Manifesto in Westminster.
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Decision day looms
Should he or shouldn't he? Tony Blair still seems determined to call the election for 3 May, though he has yet to make any announcement; the public seem decidedly less enthusiastic. Nevertheless, MORI's poll for the Mail on Sunday [FOOT AND MOUTH POLL] suggested that few of those opposed to holding the election on 3 May feel that if the government were to do so it would make them less likely to vote Labour.
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Foot And Mouth Poll
A 2001 poll on foot and mouth, rural post offices and hunting, with a booster sample in Devon and Northamptonshire.
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Manufacturing Remains Unconvinced Of Case For Euro According To EEF Survey
Business remains unconvinced of the case for the euro according to a survey of engineering and manufacturing companies carried out for the EEF (Engineering Employers Federation) by MORI.
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EEF Europe Survey Topline Results
Attitudes of Chief Executives and Directors of EEF member companies to the Euro, the EU and future trade prospects