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UoR Senate Votes to Close the School of Health and Social Care
11 March 2009
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The news that the University of Reading's Senate has voted to close to the School of Health and Social Care comes as a shock and flies in the face of the Laming Report.
Commenting on the news that the University of Reading's Senate has voted to close to the School of Health and Social Care, Cllr Gareth Epps, Parliamentary Campaigner for Reading East said:
"This bizarre decision shows the disarray in Labour over child protection and social care. Today they are reacting to the Laming Report by claiming to want more, better trained social workers. But with the same breath they are turning a blind eye while Reading University closes a vital training facility for these workers - with no clear explanation as to why.
The University has just received a savage funding cut, but is still scheduled to receive over £55m of public money over the coming year. It needs to explain why a school which we are told is profitable is facing the axe. If Labour seriously want to solve the crisis in child protection and recruit more social workers, they have got to fund the training needs. Anything else is no less than dishonest."
Editor's Notes:
Background to the vote, including reaction from students can be found here
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