Archives for November 12th, 2010

CALL FOR SOCIAL INVESTMENT

Headlines, PublicNet: 12 November, 2010

The Government has called on private and institutional investors to engage with the developing social investment market and benefit from more balanced portfolios and new approaches to corporate social responsibility.

There is a need for a new investment market that measures returns in social as well as financial value to close the gap between business and charity.

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NATIONAL CITIZEN PILOTS LAUNCHED

Headlines, PublicNet: 12 November, 2010

Twelve projects have been launched to pilot the National Citizen programme. The projects will run for eight weeks and they will include a residential element involving tough physical challenges and a community element, where young people will develop social action projects to help their communities. The programme is part of the Big Society agenda.

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DEGREES OF CHANGE

Features, PublicNet: 12 November, 2010

By Sandra Buckley

Commercialisation is not a new concept in the Higher Education (HE) sector. For well over ten years there has been much talk about the marketisation of universities, including varying levels of concern and opposition. However, in the face of HE budget cuts of £200million and individual institutions expecting an average funding shortfall of 26%, the financial pressures are now more acute than ever before.

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