Most students oppose the plans in England to reduce access to student loans for those on certain courses – but they do want to see courses more focused on employment
The Higher Education Policy Institute polled 1,105 students via the National Union of Students (NUS) for their views on careers services and employment...
Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:01
‘When is the help coming?’ Lords committee challenges government to urgent reforms in adult social care
A House of Lords report published today warns that the continued invisibility of the adult social care sector as a whole is increasingly damaging...
Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:01
NHS expands mental health crisis services this winter
The NHS is set to boost mental health support for people in crisis to ease demand and pressure on emergency services, as part of extensive winter plans already underway...
Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:01
JRF: Over three million low-income households said they have not been able to keep their home warm because they aren’t able to afford it as dangerously cold weather sets in
Amid freezing temperatures across the UK, new analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation highlights that over 3 million low income families can’t afford to heat their homes to protect themselves from the cold...
Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:01
OfS allocates £432 million to boost higher education facilities and equipment
The Office for Students (OfS) is awarding £432 million in capital funding to support investment in new buildings, facilities and equipment for universities and colleges across England...
Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:01
£490 million skills training boost to help get more people into jobs
Students are to benefit from state-of-the-art medical suites along with cutting-edge engineering and science labs, in a multimillion-pound investment in university and college facilities...
Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:01
Statement in the Welsh Parliament by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Bus Reform
Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters: Earlier this year, we published a White Paper, setting out our plans to bring bus services in Wales back under public control...
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:51
Permission granted for new coal mine in Cumbria
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has granted permission for a new metallurgical coal mine in Cumbria today...
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:26
Defence Secretary joins AUKUS partners in landmark first meeting
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Australia Richard Marles today...
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:05
Labour seizes agenda on economic growth in a post-Brexit Britain
Labour today (Thursday) announces its ambition for bold thinking to make Britain the high growth, start-up hub of the world, as they launch the results of their review ‘Start-Up, Scale Up’ to an audience of 350 business leaders in Canary Wharf...
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 22:30