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SATS chaos

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Created on Friday, 20 May 2016 14:26

You know all about the SATS controversy. Teacher frustration, parent demonstrations, child misery.

We’ve had plenty of contact from teachers and irate parents in particular. And the evidence – in this case the actual SATS questions, as sent in to us – suggest they’ve got plenty of reason to be upset.

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Government plain English woe

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Created on Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:24
Back in 2014, the Government’s Digital Service brought in ‘mandatory’ guidelines for ‘writing and managing content’. In particular, that meant keeping to plain English principles.
 
Or, in their own words, from the ‘Writing for GOV.UK’ guide: “Plain English is mandatory for all of GOV.UK. One of the parts most people pick up on is the plain English (or words to avoid) list. This isn’t just a list of words to avoid. Plain English is the whole ethos of GOV.UK: it’s a way of writing.”
 

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ABI pension guide

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Created on Monday, 25 April 2016 14:50
The ABI (Association of British Insurers) have, in partnership with the Government, consumer groups and financial experts, produced a guide to pensions. The guide aims to ‘improve consumer understanding’ following the recent pensions overhaul.
 
When we heard about their plans we contacted them to see if we could be of any help. They responded that the draft guide was finished but that our feedback would be greatly appreciated – so here it is.
 

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A level playing field

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Created on Monday, 11 April 2016 14:01

Plain English Campaign were among the guest speakers at this year’s ‘Active Communications Conference’ in Manchester.

The conference, run by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS), also included guest speakers from Sport England, Abilitynet and Big Voice Communications.

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Staffordshire Bull Terriers

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Created on Thursday, 24 March 2016 11:42

The 17-year battle to save a Staffordshire horse-riding route has led to an early Plain English Campaign Golden Bull Award frontrunner.

Campaigner John Bainbridge has been fighting to get Tory MP Philip Atkins to reopen the Clifton Campville route with no success. And Atkins’ latest response – delegated to Jean Evans, his ‘Head of Law’ – is a four-page stream of nonsense well worthy of our Golden Bull award.

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