New research has underlined the importance of male primary school teachers as role models for men. It comes as the Training and Development Agency is attempting to encourage more men into the profession with the deadline for applications to next year’s postgraduate training courses approaching.
The survey questioned more than 800 men and found that almost half of them saw male primary teachers as fundamental role models. 

Four Welsh universities have created a partnership to provide relevant research in primary care. Cardiff, Swansea, Glamorgan and Bangor have joined forces to establish the Wales School for Primary Care Research to develop care in the areas of nursing, optometry, pharmacy and general practice.
The aim of the new school is to share excellence in primary care research and work with professionals in the relevant disciplines. 

This paper from the Local Government Association sets out the powers available to local government to tackle climate change. It highlights the key powers, some of which are popular, but also others that are less well known, that can be used for both mitigation and adaptation activity.