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There are significant funding gaps between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students within Ontario. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is responsible for providing education to Indigenous students however, it is outside of federal jurisdiction to deliver education as under the Canadian Constitution education is within individual provincial and territorial...

Dundee is hoping to put forward its bid to be named the European Capital of Culture in 2023… 2023 will see a UK and Hungarian city named as the European Capital of Culture. Bids are already being prepared by Dundee, Leeds, and Milton Keynes. Aberdeen Council said it would not...

The Scottish government has revealed £1.5m will be made available to support research and innovation in the offshore wind sector… A total of £1.5m funding will be used by the Carbon Trust to develop and support an offshore wind innovation programme. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) research and design scheme aims...

Dr Stewart is is the founding Emergency Ultrasound Director and Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director for Riverside Medical Group.  As a practicing Emergency Physician in North Carolina, USA; Dr Stewart is also working as Assistant Professor for Eastern Virginia Medical School. Point-of-care ultrasound This educational resource is designed to provide clinicians with practical knowledge of point-of-care ultrasound that translates...

AG reveals the outcome of our EU referendum poll and how our readers voted... On 23 June voting for the EU referendum will be underway and the UK will have forge ahead on whatever path is picked by the public. It has been a long campaign, although at times it felt...

Pertti Salminen, Director, EU Affairs and Antti Kohopää, Adviser of District heating at Finnish Energy highlights the benefits of district heating… Heat consumption of residential, commercial and public buildings is about 30% of all energy use in the EU. Heat demand is mainly satisfied by individual fossil gas, oil and...

Councillors at Shropshire Council will discuss plans to sell off smallholdings in the next few months it has emerged… Shropshire Council is expected to discuss the fate of 18 smallholdings in the coming months. The council revealed plans to sell the remaining local authorities’ smallholdings in April and put the...

A new survey has revealed many council websites are difficult to use on mobiles when compared to desktops… A new survey from Socitm has revealed not all council websites are mobile friendly, although the number of sites rated good or very good has risen since last year. The Better Connected survey...

Derbyshire County Council has revealed a number of children’s centres will close or be relocated due to budget difficulties… A total of 29 children’s centres are set to close across Derbyshire after the county council’s cabinet agreed to budget saving measures. Councillors met earlier this week after an extensive...

David Downing, Director of Health, SAS UK examines how the NHS can embrace digitalisation, overcoming some of its biggest challenges, and outlines the findings of the Carter Review... Since its creation in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) has grown to become the world's largest publicly funded health service. Made up of...

René Schippers, Director, Electronic Record Services B.V. discusses the PATHway project and its role in cardiac rehabilitation...  PATHway vision Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death (30% of all deaths) and disability in Europe and worldwide (WHO), costing the EU economy almost EUR 196 billion a year. With changing demographics and...

With a week to go until the vote, the pressure is really on both sides to make a final push to get supporters on board. Vote Leave tried to alleviate some concerns regarding the fate of EU grants, providing assurances these would continue to be paid out in the...

A new study has been published that could see up to five new park and ride sites created across Oxfordshire… Oxfordshire County Council has published a new study examining the viability of park and ride sites across the region. The document, created through the Oxford Transport Strategy (part of Local...

Phil Foster, Managing Director of Love Energy Savings outlines what impact the EU referendum vote could have on businesses... British history is about to be made, and despite the 23rd June Referendum being on the horizon, we have no clue as to which way the public will be voting. This uncertainty extends...

The number of children developing type-2 diabetes, a disease usually linked to obesity, is on the rise… New research has revealed a growth in the number of children developing type-2 diabetes. Type-2 diabetes is usually seen in adults and is linked to obesity, unlike type-1 diabetes, which manifests in childhood and...

As the referendum vote draws nearer, AG’s Sean Heath discusses why remaining is good for the economy and why leaving won't fix concerns about immigration... The economy and immigration. These seem to be the major battlegrounds of the Brexit debate. Yet having done a little research on both areas, concrete facts about what...

Chancellor George Osborne warns leaving the EU would see taxes rise and further cuts to public spending… Leaving the EU would lead to massive tax hikes and significant cuts to services, according to the Chancellor George Osborne. Osborne warned an exit would see £15bn tax rises, an increase in fuel and...

Professor Line Nybakken,  Norwegian University of Life Sciences talks about the climatic potential of beech trees... Beech has a wide distribution in Europe, but reaches its northern boundary in South-East Norway. With future climate change, it is expected that the beech will expand northwards, probably at the cost of spruce. Beech...

Ministers involved in the leave campaign have said recipients of EU grants would still receive the same funding in the event of a Brexit… What will happen to EU funding has been a key concern during the referendum campaign, particularly for the science and farming sectors, both of which receive...

AG highlights how the Canadian Minister for Health is committed to preventing chronic diseases and how it supported World Health Day… Cardiovascular diseases (CVD’s) are one of the biggest causes of death globally. In 2012 alone an estimated 17.5 million people died from CVD’s, which represents 31% of all global...