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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed a significant step forward in firearms licensing procedures in Gloucestershire following our sustained pressure and engagement with the county’s new Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Despite having announced they were not accepting any grant applications, and that existing applications would take… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) responded to the GMC workforce report 2024 which found there needs to be more education and training opportunities for locally employed doctors, many of whom qualified from outside the UK. Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, MDU head of advisory services, said: “The GMC’s latest report highlights that the medical workforce is evolving into one… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson The A-level qualification risks becoming defunct despite its status in schools as a “means to an end”, a report by the Civitas thinktank claims. Its research among senior A-level teachers suggests only a slim minority believe more able students or better teachers have explained the steady rise in grades. Instead the ready… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Tories want school league tables to be replaced by a points system which would weigh traditional academic subjects over those seen as easier, like media studies. In a set of proposals presented by shadow education secretary Michael Gove, the party shrugged off the reliance on a league table system, which ranks… Read more »
