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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
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by Peter Wozniak A move to ease restrictions on private sector involvement in universities would damage academic standards, a higher education union has warned. In a letter to David Willets, the universities minister, the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) cited examples of for-profit involvement in American universities as a warning for the UK, should it… Read more »
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