Wow factors — Securing local authority support

Securing Java with Local Policies

We propose an extension to the security model of Java. It allows for specifying, analysing and enforcing history-based policies. Policies are defined by finite state automata recognizing the permitted execution histories. Programmers can sandbox an untrusted piece of code with a policy, which is enforced at run-time through its local scope. A static analysis allows for optimizing the execution ...

Local Authority Perceptions of Housing Associations

Introduction Since the earl y 1990s, housing associations have been promoted by central government and encouraged to become mainstream providers of social-rented housing for low-income fa mil ies. An accompanying shift in the role of the local authorities was envisaged, towards their becoming enablers of a range of housing options, with less emphasis on direct public-housing provision. However,...

Out-of-school learning: the uneven distribution of school provision and local authority support

A significant volume of research demonstrates that out-of-school learning activities enhance student development in terms of cognitive, affective and social outcomes. However, there is also evidence that the opportunity to engage in these activities has been severely reduced in recent years. This paper explores the extent to which the provision of such opportunities is unevenly distributed— spa...

Emerging local schooling landscapes: the role of the local authority

The school system in England is undergoing rapid change. The Conservative/Liberal Democrat Government came to office in 2010 and its programme to create a school system comprised primarily of ‘independent publicly-funded schools’ (DfE 2010) through ‘academisation’ has proceeded apace (Woods and Simkins 2014). The intention is for the majority of schools to be academies which operate under direc...

Inspection of West Sussex Local Education Authority