Higher Education
The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… 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 »
