Higher Education
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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The government wants to increase the number of students in higher education by 60,000, the universities and skills secretary said today. Setting out the government’s spending commitments for higher education, John Denham said ministers want a 60,000 increase in student numbers by 2010/11. This is part of a wider commitment to increasing and widening participation… Read more »
The Conservatives have accused Labour backbenchers of “hypocrisy” for failing to vote against government cuts for second degrees. Less than a quarter of the Labour MPs that signed up to an early day motion expressing concern at the government’s plans to reduce funding for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) degrees voted against the government in… Read more »
