Sentences with phrase «year group of»

Each year a group of small publishers from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe are invited to exhibit at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Last year a group of nine leading educational researchers summarized the evidence this way: «Among voucher programs, random - assignment studies generally find modest improvements in reading or math scores, or both.

This year a group of Republican legislators in the Connecticut General Assembly introduced H.B. No. 7017, an Act Concerning Student Data Privacy, but following a public hearing, the Education Committee passed an extremely weak version of what might be called an attempt at beginning to address the student privacy problem.

Starting from the National Curriculum requirements for the Key stage and the Curriculum Overview Map Subject Leaders can make school based decisions and draw up lists for each year group of just a few bullet points — key performance indicators — to help teachers to focus their teaching.

Every year a group of about 12 sixth - formers at King's College School meet with Dr Richard Winchester, a chemistry teacher at King's, on Friday afternoons in the first half of the autumn term to devise a six - session science course for gifted and talented Year 9s.

Each year a group of year 12 students participate in a national scheme (Engineering Education Scheme).

Throughout the academic year a group of Lower Sixth (Year 12) students from St Albans School volunteer on Friday afternoons to work as teaching assistants in three local schools for Children with special educational needs.

The tables show how well a particular year group of pupils at a given school has performed in tests or exams.

Throughout the academic year a group of Lower Sixth (Year 12) students from St Albans School volunteer on Friday afternoons to work as teaching assistants in three local schools for Children with spec...

Every year a group of about 12 sixth - formers at King's College School meet with Dr Richard Winchester, a chemistry teacher at King's, on Friday afternoons in the first half of the autumn t...

Few surprises are expected from this year's crop of GCSEs, with results in England now tied to the performance of the same year group of pupils in key stage two exams at the end of primary school.

Cast size suitable for one class - or year group of two or three classes.

One of my favorites is the last year a group of us girls in my neighborhood went caroling.

I find out why: Last year a group of grave robbers came and stole some jacketed fossils right off this exact hill we were digging.

This year a group of scientists published the first in - depth analysis of this rare find from 67 million years ago.

This year a group of astrophysicists has deduced an answer: The visible universe stretches at least 24 gigaparsecs in all directions.

Earlier this year a group of more than a dozen health advocacy groups and individuals petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban lead acetate from hair dyes.

But last year a group of researchers at Princeton University revealed materials whose surfaces allow electrons to move unimpeded past pesky obstacles.

Earlier this year a group of researchers proved that a hacker could conceivably use a cell phone to unlock a car's doors and start its engine remotely, then get behind the wheel and drive away.

Last year a group of hedge fund traders launched the Investment Diamond Exchange, where investors can purchase diamonds with no intentions to turn them into jewelry — similar to gold coins and bars.

Your assessment of last year's defensive corps is spot on, but I'd rather wait to see how this years group of defensemen perform before deciding that they will play poorly.

To demonstrate how dramatically lifestyle choices can impact breast cancer risk, researchers followed for about seven years a group of about 30,000 postmenopausal women without history of breast cancer and found that imply limiting alcohol, eating mostly plant foods, and maintaining a normal body weight was associated with a 62 percent lower breast cancer risk.

Under Mr Gove's plans, GCSEs in all subjects will still be sat by four year groups of pupils until 2016 (the current Years 8, 9, 10 and 11).

Not exact matches

In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

Last year the group warned of «unscrupulous» parties who might try to use the yet - to - be-defined crowdfunding rules to steal from investors.

Under the plan, which launched last year, T - Mobile divided its customers into blocks of about 120,000, who are each assigned to a specific group of a few dozen employees at a specific call center.

CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

This has been a banner year for Universal, thanks to a diverse group of hits like «Furious 7,» «Jurassic World,» «Fifty Shades of Grey» and «Minions.»

Optimism among small business owners has also remained around the 70 percent point since the beginning of this year — important to note since this group tends to act on its instinct.

You're a 30 - something entrepreneur who has toiled long hours over the last five years with a dedicated group of software engineers, designers and marketing people to create the next mega app.

XO Group shares have risen 19 percent since the beginning of the year.

The federal government has signed a $ 1.2 billion contract extension with a group of defence contractors for maintenance work on eight Anzac - class frigates for the next five years, with BAE Systems and CIMIC's UGL among the major beneficiaries.

Tech companies, in recent years, have been under fire for the underrepresentation of women and certain minority groups in their workforces.

For one thing, Ukip is a right - wing protest group that has gained a surprisingly large amount of support in the past few years on an anti-EU and anti-immigration platform.

The Emirates Group will be the first airline to bring the Airbus A380 to Perth on a regular schedule.It announced this morning that from May next year one of its three daily flights from Perth to Duba

The individuals in this group mostly are under 45 years of age, and their houses represent 90 % of the value of their assets.

Carbon Business Group has announced the purchase of Pursuit Group, adding to a number of acquisitions in the past year worth more than $ 2 million combined.

Leightman Research Group data released Monday was roughly in line: Leightman estimated that the 13 top cable providers lost about 470,000 video customers in the second quarter, compared to a loss of 350,000 for the corresponding quarter last year.

A study of increases or decreases in rates of a disease across years, calculated for groups of people, is called an ecologic study.

Barnes Group expects full - year earnings in the range of 3 cents to $ 3.15 per share.

Mattel did this last year in their quest to evolve Barbie into a more true - to - life body type: They brought together a group of carefully selected female leaders, including Canadian icon Erica Ehm.

Options Group's forecasts are based on public and proprietary data about revenue for the year's first nine months, and bonus expectations from a survey of about 3,000 Wall Street workers.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

But being truly customer - centric is more than just a press release, says Justyn Howard, CEO of Sprout Social, a company that provides social media management software (that Firebrand Group has been using for years).

Years ago, under Paul Martin, Finance stopped using its own forecasts, opting instead to base the budget on the average prediction of a group of outsiders, mostly the lead economists at the country's biggest banks.

SEVEN years of aggressive expansion firmly established HHG Legal Group in the Perth legal scene, but the firm says it's in a better place now after two years of consolidation.

Through the deal, Discovery will have the option in two years time to acquire a controlling stake in Group Nine, which will be run by Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer, according to David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

Sony's problems were many: brutal competition for its once - dominant television group; being bested by Apple's (aapl) iPod, a humiliation for the Walkman pioneer; high - cost manufacturing in Japan; a failure to seize the music - streaming initiative despite years of trying.

While the project is massive, it's just one of the Aquilinis» many high - profile, highly profitable ventures: Through Aquilini Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family controls one of British Columbia's biggest development conglomerates, as well as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants and some $ 80 - million worth of vineyard properties in Washington state.