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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »

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Royal Mail rows back on knife ban

Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »

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Teaching applicants whould have a 2:2 or above, MPs argued.
MPs demand tougher entrance requirements for teachers

By Ian Dunt David Cameron’s demands that Britain sets a higher bar on those coming into the teaching profession received support from an influential committee of MPs today. The cross-party group of MPs on the children, schools and families committee said entry-level requirements for teacher training were too low and that “the bar must be… Read more »

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Clegg wants to drive resources toward disadvantaged areas
Clegg fights to end disadvantaged education

By politics.co.uk staff The link between financial disadvantage and low achievement at school must be broken, Nick Clegg said today. Unveiling the Liberal Democrat education policy for the party’s general election campaign with a keynote speech in London, Mr Clegg said that the link between deprivation and low achievement remained, despite Labour’s investment programme. “Despite… Read more »