Read: Pioneering universities offer first climate change degrees
Growing demand for greener courses has led to three pioneering universities offering climate change degrees for the first time.
Read: Seminar series drives Levelling Up - Successful School Years
Ensuring that every child successfully achieves their potential in attainment and development was the latest topic for discussion at a seminar series launching a new architecture for levelling up Britain.
Read: #OneYearOn
On the 23rd March 2020 the UK was rocked by the announcement of the first national lockdown. Not many people would have predicted the year that has followed or how coronavirus has affected almost every aspect of our lives.
Read: UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster'
The UK is heading towards a "catastrophic" digital skills shortage "disaster", a think tank has warned.
Read: How schools can help Britain build back better
An education system to drive levelling up must have a clear purpose of giving young people the knowledge and skills, alongside the right advice and experiences they need to take advantage of and create the opportunities they’ll want in adult life.
Read: Diversity mandates eyed by UK watchdog for listed companies’ boards
The largest listed companies in London will have to appoint a minimum number of diverse board members or face regulatory scrutiny, under measures being weighed up by the UK markets watchdog.
Read: Major blueprint to create green jobs and slash emissions from industry, schools and hospitals
An ambitious blueprint to deliver the world’s first low-carbon industrial sector and over £1 billion to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals has been announced by the Business and Energy Secretary.
Read: Buses will be cheaper and greener, says Boris Johnson
Millions of people are being promised frequent, cheaper and greener bus services as part of a £3 billion plan that the prime minister has said will be one of the first acts of “levelling up”.
Read: Seminar series drives levelling up agenda
Ensuring that the energy transition is fair and creates opportunities was the latest topic for discussion at a seminar series launching a new architecture for levelling up Britain.
Read: Data reveals huge disparities between vaccination take-up rates in richer and poorer areas
England’s mass vaccination strategy will “unravel” unless discrepancies in uptake are tackled, experts said as data showed a 25 percentage point difference between vaccination rates in richer and poorer areas just miles apart.
Read: FTSE 100 boards miss target for diversity
Some of Britain’s best-known companies are yet to appoint a single member of an ethnic minority to their boards, according to a report.
Read: Levelling up health inequalities
The need to level up the public’s health is beyond doubt and long recognised by many governments.
Read: Attainment gap between black students and their white peers at university is 'too high'
The gap between the number of black students achieving the highest grades at university and their white peers is still too high, England's higher education regulator has warned.
Read: Ex-steelworks to make wind farm parts in plan for 6,000 green jobs
The government will invest almost £100 million creating new wind turbine ports in northeast England, with a big renewables company announcing plans to make crucial parts in Teesside.
Read: How the Budget aligns with the levelling up agenda
We take a deeper dive into how the recent Budget aligns with the ‘Levelling up Goals’.
Read: Air quality soars in school streets that banished cars
Closing roads around schools to traffic at pick-up and drop-off times has cut toxic nitrogen dioxide levels by up to 23 per cent, research has found.
Read: Volunteer lockdown army helps to make Britain brighter
New research has revealed that a staggering 12.4 million adults in the UK have volunteered during the pandemic – with more than a third stepping forward for the first time.
Read: Why levelling up goals matter for a whole country, not just part of it
When we talk about levelling up, it’s often in terms of the deep-rooted inequalities faced by communities in the North of England or the Midlands. It’s hugely important those issues are addressed but we should also recognise that even this is just part of a bigger picture.
Read: UK government may start offering financial rewards for becoming healthier
The government is expanding access to weight loss services and may start offering people financial rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle as part of the fight against obesity.
Read: Britain is second best in the world at cutting carbon emissions
Britain has one of the world’s best records on cutting emissions since the Paris agreement on climate change five years ago, a new study has found.