Higher Education
Tomorrow, MPs are expected to finish the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and cast their final votes at its Third Reading. If MPs vote in favour of the Bill, it will then head to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Supporters of assisted dying will be gathering on… Read more »
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… Read more »
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University and college lecturers may cause disruption to students in post-16 education by striking over pay, a union leader has warned. University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt told politics.co.uk she is increasingly concerned employer representatives are “looking for a fight” as the next round of pay talks gets underway. The last three-year pay… Read more »
Liberta the company responsible for providing low income students with financial incentives to stay in higher education, has had its contract terminated five years early. Over 10,000 students are still without their allowances because of administrative errors by the company. Shadow schools minister Nick Gibb criticised the government over the failures. “Yet again, Ed Balls’s… Read more »
