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The Professional Associations Research Network is a non-profit membership organisation for professional bodies, offering expertise, experience and perspective on key issues in the sector through research, consultancy, networking, events and training.
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AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has launched a brand new knowledge hub for its 50,000 profession members. ...
Figures reported by UCAS show a further drop in the number of student nurses. The Royal College of Nursing...
The BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) is celebrating campaigning success after the...
Record number of students celebrated top grades in Computer Science GCSE, but the number of students sitting computing...
The need for extra resources has been highlighted by the record number of A&E attendances this summer. This July saw...
