by Becca Bashford | Dec 4, 2020 | Academic freedom, In the News, Uncategorized
To members and friends of CDBU, Please consider signing this open letter condemning the repression of academic freedom in India and demand the immediate release of jailed academics, scholar-activists, students and artistes. Dr Rowan Williams, our Chair of Trustees,...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 27, 2020 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Office for Students, Opinion, REF, Uncategorized, Universities UK, University governance
Sexual abuse at English and Welsh universities has been described as a “public scandal” after a report revealed that universities are systematically failing to address instances of assault and harassment, while another report commissioned by Universities...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 25, 2020 | Covid-19, Government, Guest blog, In the News, Marketisation, Opinion, Uncategorized
Words by Professor John Drury, member of Independent Sage and Social Psychologist at the University of Sussex. How should teaching be carried out in universities during a pandemic? Back in September this year, SAGE, the scientific advisory group which advises the UK...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 13, 2020 | Casual staff, Covid-19, Employability, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, Uncategorized
Plans for mass testing and staggered departure dates over a one week period have been laid out by the government in order to allow students to return home for Christmas. The plans have been met with criticism from some universities who say mass testing might be...
by Becca Bashford | Oct 30, 2020 | CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, REF, Scotland, Uncategorized, Wales
UCU have called for a judicial review of the government’s decision to ignore calls from its own Sage committee to move all non-essential teaching online and instead reopen campuses for face-to-face teaching. Sage advised the government that coronavirus outbreaks...
by Becca Bashford | Oct 29, 2020 | Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, In the News, National Union of Students, Opinion, Uncategorized
Words by Martin Allen, author of Education, Economy and Society. Winter is closing in on the ‘Covid Generation’ – those young people most affected by the pandemic. Youth unemployment, though creeping up significantly, has not yet reached the levels feared in the early...
