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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 »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
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The archbishop of Canterbury has described the decisions that led to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 as morally flawed. Rowan Williams said he could accept that the decision to go to war was made “in good faith” but said there were mistakes in going to war – and the continuation of these was… Read more »
The brightest children from every school in England could be given vouchers to spend on extra courses, under proposals being considered by ministers. The plans would see 800,000 children allocated credits to pay for evening or weekend classes run by universities, or even online courses run by US space agency Nasa. Under the gifted and… Read more »
