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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

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 »

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Would-be rebels  face huge pressure from student protests today
Decision time on tuition fees

By Alex Stevenson The coalition government is undergoing its biggest test since its inception, as protestors march through London while MPs debate tuition fees. Significant numbers of both Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers have warned party whips that they may not be able to support the government on this evening’s motion. Last-minute agonising is being… Read more »

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Jesus College, Cambridge: Even universities at the top end of the scale may have to charge over £6,000, say the UCU
Universities must charge £6,863 ‘to survive’

By Peter Wozniak The government’s plans to cut higher education funding will mean that tuition fees of nearly £7,000 will be the norm rather than the exception, a union warns. In justifying the raising of the cap on tuition fees to £9,000, the coalition has made it a cornerstone of their argument that universities which… Read more »