by Becca Bashford | Feb 19, 2021 | Academic freedom, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Free speech, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, Racism, Scotland, Uncategorized, University governance
The “free-speech debate” has intensified after the government announced it would introduce a ‘Free Speech Champion’ for higher education who will have the powers to fine universities or student unions that restrict free speech. The announcement...
by Becca Bashford | Feb 5, 2021 | Admissions, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Uncategorized, University governance
The government has announced a £50 million hardship fund for students who have been financially impacted by the pandemic. However, some feel more could be done to help students, with a group of vice-chancellors calling on the government to go further and waive student...
by Becca Bashford | Feb 1, 2021 | Academic freedom, Anti-Semitism, Free speech, Government, In the News, Opinion, Racism, Uncategorized
Words by Andrew M Colman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester. The UK Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, wrote to universities in October 2020 directing them to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of...
by Becca Bashford | Jan 22, 2021 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, REF, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized
University and College Union will ballot its members to strike once again if they are forced to resume in-person teaching and return to unsafe campuses. Meanwhile, the government has published its highly anticipated response to the Augar review, and rent strikes rage...
by Becca Bashford | Jan 8, 2021 | A-levels, Academic freedom, Covid-19, Erasmus, Erasmus+, Free speech, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Uncategorized, Widening access
As the world welcomes a new year, the issues that the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on higher education remain. Students across the UK have begun rent strikes, university staff face the prospect of returning to unsafe campuses, and debates about the value of...
by Becca Bashford | Dec 11, 2020 | A-levels, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Free speech, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Racism, Scotland, Uncategorized
An FOI request made by Times Higher Education has revealed that thousands of university staff have been made redundant since the coronavirus pandemic hit. Meanwhile, students across the country have planned the biggest rent strike in decades with over 20 strikes...
