Higher Education

Featured
MDU logo
MDU welcomes step forward for openness and learning in NHS

After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »

Featured
MDU logo
MDU offers free membership for doctors fleeing war in the Ukraine

The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, announced today it will be offering to waive the first year of membership subscriptions for doctors who are fleeing the Ukraine or other conflict zones and are looking to resume practice in NHS roles. This follows news that the GMC is planning to fast track… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Higher education pressure on Lib Dems continues to mount
Lib Dems ‘plotted tuition fees U-turn’ before general election

By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats planned to abandon their tuition fees pledge before the general election, it has emerged. A book written by Conservative MP Rob Wilson being serialised by the Guardian newspaper has revealed the party planned to ditch its higher education “headache” in secret preparations for coalition negotiations. The news is deeply… Read more »

News
An Anarcho-Communist flag flies above the student protest in Millbank on Wednesday
Tuition fees: Student protests gather momentum

By Ian Dunt The protest against tuition fees appeared close to becoming a fully-fledged movement today, as student leaders across the country planned events to bring pressure on the government. Activists have been galvanised by the level of attendance on Wednesday, despite events being overshadowed by violence at Tory HQ in Millbank. A nationwide day… Read more »