by Becca Bashford | Aug 6, 2021 | A-levels, Academic freedom, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Erasmus, Erasmus+, Further education, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Racism, Uncategorized
Last week, the Department for Education confirmed that there are no plans to implement the use of vaccine passports on university campuses, after some ministers and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had discussed the benefits of a passport system. Nevertheless, the DfE...
by Becca Bashford | May 7, 2021 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, Misogyny, News round-up, Office for Students, Opinion, Racism, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Uncategorized, University funding
Reports that the Office for Students and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson plan to slash funding for arts subjects by 50% have caused uproar this week. The OfS have sought to clarify the situation, claiming that the proposed cuts only apply “…to a...
by Becca Bashford | Apr 23, 2021 | Academic freedom, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Climate, Covid-19, Free speech, Government, Guest blog, In the News, Marketisation, Misogyny, News round-up, Opinion, Pensions, Racism, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Tuition fees, UKRI, Uncategorized
A website has accrued over 15,000 anonymous testimonies of sexual harassment, assault, and other accounts of deeply entrenched misogyny at universities across the UK. Naturally, this has caused students and staff to question whether enough is being done to tackle rape...
by Becca Bashford | Apr 3, 2021 | Academic freedom, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Free speech, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Racism, Uncategorized
Waves of redundancies announced at the University of Leicester, Kent, and Chester have sparked outrage across the higher education community. Students and fellow staff have responded by creating petitions, open letters, or have demanded that highest paid staff take...
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 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...
