Schools

Featured
BASC logo
BASC’s scholarship programme open for 2023 applications

Applications are now open for this year’s BASC Legacy Funded Scholarship Programme. Now in its fifth year, the scholarship programme is one part of the BASC legacy package that helps support people who want to develop their knowledge of conservation, land management or gamekeeping. The scheme is open to any college or university student studying, or… Read more »

Featured
BASC logo
Young gundog handlers urged to enter Crufts 2023

Young gundog handlers are being urged to enter this year’s Crufts competition, with the event being described as ‘unforgettable’.   Thirteen-year-old Tallulah Dyson, who has successfully competed on multiple occasions, said she could not recommend Crufts more and was keen to urge other young gundog enthusiasts to enter.   Crufts 2023 will take place at… Read more »

Latest articles

News
A dismal record?
MPs unimpressed by govt’s ‘dismal’ literacy record

By politics.co.uk staff The government’s poor record on improving adult literacy and numeracy has been attacked by an influential group of MPs. The public accounts committee criticised the Skills for Life strategy, which has spent £5 billion since 2001 aiming to achieve improvements. The result is that a large proportion of the adult population can… Read more »

News
Outspoken Graham Stringer criticised over dyslexia comments
MP slammed over dyslexia comments

By Alex Stevenson Labour backbencher Graham Stringer is attracting criticism after describing dyslexia as a “cruel fiction”. The Manchester Blackley MP argued dyslexia, which affects six million people in the UK, should be “consigned to the dustbin of history” in an article for ManchesterConfidential.com. “If dyslexia really existed then countries as diverse as Nicaragua and… Read more »