Author
Francesco Masala
Francesco Masala is President at The SU, University of Bath
5 pieces
Newest first, since April 2020
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Student input into APPs must not disappear into a regulatory vortex
Francesco Masala argues that we should have nothing to fear from open feedback from students on access and participation
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Should SUs kick the booze once and for all?
Throughout this tumultuous year, money has been a subject on everybody’s lips and on priority lists for students’ unions. Back in April I argued that universities must not let students from financially disadvantaged back
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Students need safe spaces now more than ever
When lockdown began, the naïves among us (such as myself) held dearly onto the idea that the country was going to be back to normality by the time we’d have to welcome our new cohort of students. All too quickly, as the
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The global climate emergency has not gone away
Everyone is asking the same question. Incoming and returning students, SUs, parents, teaching and support staff – they are looking up the leaders of their universities and asking “what is your institution doing to mitiga
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The future has to be affordable and we’ll need to fight for it
The most jarring aspect of the new reality that Covid-19 has created is the deep uncertainty of it all. We have all been working on models and scenarios that a few words uttered by a minister during the daily briefing ca