‘You can’t say that!’ – New HEPI polling shows students want more controls on free expression
The Higher Education Policy Institute has polled 1,000 full-time undergraduates on free speech issues via YouthSight, a market research company specialising in students’ views...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
IFS: Inequalities in early child development remained stubbornly high through the 2010s
Inequalities in the early cognitive, social and emotional development of children in the UK, which are so important in shaping later life outcomes, have changed little between those born in the early 2000s and those born in the early 2010s...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
Calls for education union bosses taking home £1.4 million to resign
With teaching unions now threatening strike action over pay, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has revealed that nine union leaders received a combined remuneration of £1,397,042 across 2020-21...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
ASCL response to NFER report on teacher pay proposals
Commenting on research by the National Foundation for Educational Research showing that the Department for Education’s teacher pay proposals are unlikely to solve teacher supply problems in STEM subjects...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
National Education Union comments on NFER research on teacher supply in STEM subjects
Commenting on new research by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) showing that Government proposals on teacher pay are not the solution to recruitment problems, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
Mayor of London bids to get 75,000 digitally excluded Londoners online
A new scheme to help tens of thousands more Londoners get online and reduce digital exclusion has been launched today by the Mayor Sadiq Khan, in partnership with the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI), and Good Things Foundation...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
£2.4 million funding to support seafarers’ mental wellbeing
Maritime Minister Robert Courts has announced Government funding for three organisations to support projects supporting seafarers’ wellbeing and maritime skills, diversity and careers...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
Charity calls for urgent support to protect mental health of voluntary and community sector workers
People’s Health Trust has warned of a mental health crisis amongst people working in grassroots voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations and called for an urgent intervention to prevent the breakdown of frontline community support services...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
UK-Australia free trade agreement welcomed, but a published trade policy is needed, says Lords committee
As the first trade deal negotiated from scratch following the UK’s departure from the EU, the UK-Australia future trade agreement (FTA) provides an insight into the UK Government’s vision for trade after Brexit...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01
Government acts to make it easier for businesses to use temporary staff to help ease disruptions caused by strike action
A change in the law enabling businesses to supply skilled agency workers to plug staffing gaps during industrial action has been unveiled by the government today...
Thursday, 23 June 2022 00:01