by Becca Bashford | Mar 31, 2022 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Protest, UCU, Ukraine, Uncategorized
British universities are currently grappling with the knock on effects of the war in Ukraine, including sanctions against Russia affecting climate science and space research, supporting education programmes for Ukrainian refugees, and offering mental health and...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 25, 2021 | Academic freedom, Academic Freedom Blog Series, Brexit, CDBU Updates, Free speech, Government, Higher Education and Research Act, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, Office for Students, Opinion, Protest, Racism, UCU, Uncategorized
Words by Dr Heather McKnight, founder of the social enterprise Magnetic Ideals and Doctor of Legal Studies. In 1970, the Commission on Academic Freedom and the Law (CAFL) released research exposing changes in how universities were using the law: a discontinuity that...
