by Agency Reporter | Aug 20, 2024 | Briefing
THE number of students accepted onto nursing degrees in England has fallen 20 per cent in three years, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is urging the government to intervene and overhaul ‘failing’ nurse recruitment policy. On A-level results day, the numbers...
by Staff Writer | Aug 20, 2024 | Briefing
ALMOST two thirds of flights (64 per cent) from London City Airport in 2019 could have been completed in one or two train journeys, analysis from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and environmental charity Possible has found. As the Labour government approved the...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 19, 2024 | Briefing
PEOPLE are being encouraged to ‘Make a Difference’ where they live, through a new career working for their local council, ahead of the launch of a national recruitment campaign. Essential services which residents rely on every day, ranging from working with adults and...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 19, 2024 | Briefing
ON the Feast of the Transfiguration (6 August 2024) Israeli Police refused to allow Christian worshippers to take part in religious services on Mount Tabor, as is traditional. In response on 16 August, the Jerusalem Patriarchate released a statement, “on...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 18, 2024 | Briefing
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Friday that the transition in Bangladesh was an historic opportunity to ensure governance is anchored in human rights, inclusivity and rule of law. He also stressed the need for accountability for all those responsible for...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 17, 2024 | Briefing
GROWING numbers of children in care are being moved to children’s homes and foster carers far from family, friends, school and community, due to a shortage of suitable homes locally. These moves often happen without warning and have a devastating impact on children’s...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 17, 2024 | Briefing
TWO rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip, to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2). The World Health Organisation and UNICEF request all parties...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 16, 2024 | Briefing
A new report from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) reveals how the experience of being a carer influences the courses young adults want to study. The report is based on insight from UCAS’ application and survey data, and a new set of widening...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 16, 2024 | Briefing
MEMBERS of Afghan civil society have voiced their intense frustration with the international community, in a consultation organised by Amnesty International to mark three years since the Taliban de facto authorities took control of Afghanistan. Amnesty spoke to Afghan...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 15, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT published by The Wildlife Trusts, Embracing Nature, identifies drought as the current leading threat to their nature reserves for the first time. The Wildlife Trusts, who are among the UK’s largest landowners with 2,600 nature reserves covering nearly...
