Day: April 5, 2024

UK News: Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education

Ministers will cut funding for performing and creative arts courses at English universities next year, which sector leaders say will further damage the country’s cultural industries.

The cuts, outlined by the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, in guidance to the universities regulator, will also reduce funding for Uni-Connect, which runs programmes aimed at widening access to higher education for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to £20m, a third of its 2020-21 budget. Continue reading…
http://dlvr.it/T571fs

Roger Hallam and two other activists given suspended sentences at Isleworth crown court in London

Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil’s co-founder Roger Hallam has avoided imprisonment after attempting to bring disruption to Heathrow airport by getting involved in an action to fly toy drones in the vicinity.

Climate activists said the aim of the plan was to raise awareness about the impact of the airport’s proposed third runway on the climate. Continue reading…
http://dlvr.it/T5715R

Roger Hallam and two other activists given suspended sentences at Isleworth crown court in London

Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil’s co-founder Roger Hallam has avoided imprisonment after attempting to bring disruption to Heathrow airport by getting involved in an action to fly toy drones in the vicinity.

Climate activists said the aim of the plan was to raise awareness about the impact of the airport’s proposed third runway on the climate. Continue reading…
http://dlvr.it/T5715R

Roger Hallam and two other activists given suspended sentences at Isleworth crown court in London

Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil’s co-founder Roger Hallam has avoided imprisonment after attempting to bring disruption to Heathrow airport by getting involved in an action to fly toy drones in the vicinity.

Climate activists said the aim of the plan was to raise awareness about the impact of the airport’s proposed third runway on the climate. Continue reading…
http://dlvr.it/T5715R