Ofsted: Teachers’ professional development remains a work in progress
Teachers are not getting the high-quality training they need and struggle to find time for professional development due to their mounting workloads...
Wednesday, 10 May 2023 00:01
Exploiting social housing has detrimental impact on people’s lives – LGA responds to NAO report on supported housing
Responding to a National Audit Office report on an investigation into supported housing, Cllr Darren Rodwell, Housing Spokesperson for the Local Government Association, said...
Wednesday, 10 May 2023 00:01
ASCL responds to Ofsted’s report on the impact of teacher workload on professional development opportunities
Responding to a report from Ofsted which states that mounting teacher workloads are reducing opportunities for professional development, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Wednesday, 10 May 2023 00:01
Scottish First Minister warns of risks to renewables opportunities
First Minister Humza Yousaf has warned that Scotland risks losing transformational opportunities for renewable energy without an urgent change of course from the UK Government...
Wednesday, 10 May 2023 00:01
Iran: Over 200 executed since January; Türk calls for end to death penalty
Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses a biennial high-level panel on the death penalty...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 21:32
Government holds first Net Zero Council
The leaders of some of the world’s leading banks, energy companies, technology giants and finance firms are among those to have attended the first-ever meeting of the Net Zero Council...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 20:26
UN Middle East envoy condemns deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
The top UN official involved in the Middle East peace process raised the alarm on Tuesday following an Israeli military operation which reportedly killed more than a dozen Palestinians...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 16:32
Syria’s chemical weapons programme is an ongoing threat to international peace and security: UK statement at the Security Council
Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Tom Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 16:02
Scottish Government announces funding for life-saving vaccine research in Zambia
A state-of-the-art research laboratory will be established in Zambia thanks to £1 million of Scottish Government international development investment..
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 14:44
North Sea ‘treasure map’ to grow the economy and unleash the UK’s carbon capture and storage industry
Companies licensed to drill in North Sea to report findings to regulator in new powers brought forward in Energy Bill amendment....
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 13:49