Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »
The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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Tony Blair is due to step down in a “year and a bit”, according to Alistair Campbell. The prime minister’s former chief press officer apparently made the comment to Conservative MP and journalist Boris Johnson when they bumped into each other at Lord’s cricket ground on Monday. The exchange is reported in the latest edition… Read more »
The government has said it is “disappointed” with new figures showing the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university has fallen. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) show just 28.2 per cent of young full-time students heading to university in 2004-05 were from lower socioeconomic classes, down from 28.6 per cent… Read more »
