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- Assistive Technology
The ATech Policy Lab has published a report into the awareness and use of ATech across frontline workers in public service.

- DfE
- artificial intelligence
The Department for Education has launched a call for evidence on generative artificial intelligence use in education to the sector.

- BSL
- British Sign Language
Students will soon be able to study British Sign Language (BSL) as a GCSE following a consultation into the course content.

A new set of 60 resource packs are being made freely available for SLTs, schools and parents between now and August 2023 to support early progress with speech, language and communication targets.

The Department for Education released the workforce statistics last week and this proved interesting reading when considering the current issue of a recruitment and retention crisis.

National Co-Production Week is back for its eighth year celebrating the benefits of co-production and sharing good practice.

“Our Turn to Talk” is the National Children’s Bureau’s (NCB) youth-led podcast programme. All episodes are developed and directed by young people and focus on topics that are important to them.

- cyberbulling
- bullying
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) are looking for professionals and practitioners who have experience of working with children and young people to take part in their research on cyberbullying among children and young people in the UK.

- SEN data
The government have issued the latest full set of data relating to Special Education needs in England.

Following campaigning from SeeAbility and a pilot ‘proof-of-concept programme’ by NHS England, the government has committed £10m to ensure that all pupils in special schools will have access to sight tests in their setting.

The BBC has reported that special school pupils around the country are not getting the education they are entitled to due to national recruitment shortages.

- early years
The percentage of children registered for the 15-hour and 30-hour entitlements who have SEN has increased across all age groups, with the latest figures being the highest in each series.

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on the use of generative AI tools in education settings in England.

- nasen Award
Thank you to all of those who sent in their nominations for the nasen Awards 2023. We were hit with an incredible amount of inspiring provisions and individuals this year for our 16 categories. Our shortlist is now published.

Tens of thousands of young people with SEND are facing being locked out of their own savings accounts, with calls from parents and advocates resulting in seemingly no action.

UNESCO, the culture, science and education arm of the UN, has called for smartphones to be banned from the classroom to improve learning and protect children from online bullying.

INTERACT is exploring intensive interaction to support communication skills in children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) are planning their Advocacy Awareness week for 6-10th November this year and want to hear from you.

The Children’s Commissioner has hailed the Help at Hand service as a huge support for young people over the long summer holidays.

The Public Services Committee has launched a new call for evidence for its new inquiry, the transition from education to employment for young disabled people.