Month: August 2025

ILO shares lessons from PROSPECTS to advance support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

Stuart Mitchell

The new report and an upcoming digital learning portal highlight lessons from five years of implementation under the PROSPECTS programme, offering practical insights and tools to strengthen inclusive, sustainable support for refugees and host communities worldwide. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a landmark report “Responding to forced displacement: Lessons from the ILO’s engagement in the PROSPECTS programme“ to strengthen support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities.  The new report distills key learnings from five years of implementation of the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and…

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Government responds to PRCA letter on funding for media and communications education

Stuart Mitchell

In June 2025, the PRCA Interim CEO, Sarah Waddington CBE, wrote to the Secretary of State for Education to raise concerns about cuts to funding for communications and media-related higher education courses. We have now received a formal response from the Rt Hon Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills. While the government acknowledges the value of subjects like journalism and media studies, it has reiterated its decision to prioritise funding for science and technology disciplines under current fiscal pressures. We are sharing the Minister’s response in full below to support…

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James Hutton Limited to open lab capable of analysing anaerobic digestate

Stuart Mitchell

New plans to open a lab capable of analysing anaerobic digestate have been announced by James Hutton Limited, the commercial wing of The James Hutton Institute. Anaerobic digestate – the leftover material produced when organic waste is broken down by bacteria in a sealed anaerobic digester – is useful as a soil improver. However, before being put into action, digestates must be tested against the quality requirements laid out in Publicly Available Specification 110 (PAS 110). The Hutton, a world-leading scientific research institute at the forefront of transformative science for the…

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ClimateWise welcomes its new Programme Director

Stuart Mitchell

ClimateWise, the insurance industry leadership group facilitated by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), has announced that Felicity Hall is its new Programme Director.  ClimateWise brings together the insurance industry into a member network which integrates sustainable leadership with world-leading research capability to address the impacts of climate change.  Felicity joins CISL from her role as Head of Sustainable Finance Innovation at the City of London Corporation. As a sustainable finance specialist with a background in investment and consultancy, Felicity has previously held senior roles including Associate…

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Enable launches ‘Access for All’ to drive inclusion in sport and culture

Stuart Mitchell

Enable is launching a new three-year partnership programme ‘Access for All’ to create greater opportunities for young disabled people to access sport, culture and the arts. The three-year partnership programme is inspired by Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which recognises the right of disabled people to participate in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport.   The ‘Access for All’ programme is being launched during the 2025 Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) Summer Camp, taking place this week at Badaguish Campsite near Aviemore in…

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