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The BFAWU have reacted furiously at the beyond disappointing announcement today that Morrisons are to close their Rathbones site in Wakefield and make redundant 400 loyal workers, with many more in the supply chain and agency workers also impacted. Many of the workers losing their jobs have worked at the site throughout the 20 years it has… Read more »
The excellence of the Medical Defence Union’s (MDU’s) learning and development team has been recognised once more with an award for exceptional tutors and trainers. The MDU’s James Godber, senior learning and development officer, is one of the first people in the country to receive a membership award from City & Guilds. The award recognises the contribution… Read more »
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The government has today promised to look after children in care “as a good parent would” and published a raft of new measures to help looked after youngsters. A new green paper outlines plans to give children in state care extra financial help, including a £2,000 bursary for university and an extra £100 in their… Read more »
Around 500 schools in the UK are “seriously underperforming” a top government adviser has said. Sir Cyril Taylor, who heads the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, made the revelations in an interview today, saying that around 80,000 secondary students are suffering because of weak schools. He said that in approximately 500 underperforming schools, less than… Read more »
