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· Long read
St Andrews discharges its rector over Israel/Gaza
A Scottish ancient has “discharged” its Rector following a controversy over comments made on the Middle East. Jim Dickinson weighs up the reputational damage
· Comment
What’s missing from OfS’ new approach on harassment and sexual misconduct?
The Office for Students has a new way of regulating harassment and sexual misconduct on campus. Jim Dickinson identifies what’s not in the condition of registration
· SUs · Members
Purpose-built problems
With Mack Marshall
· Comment
This time OfS needs to keep its promise on broken promises
The new Chair of the Office for Students is promising action on student rights. Jim Dickinson wonders whether this will be the latest of the regulator’s broken promises
· Wonk Corner
Public sector pay increases are coming – will universities and students benefit?
Tomorrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to agree to above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers.
· Wonk Corner
The eight-year ADHD backlog at NHS clinics should cause HE to stop, think and edit
The news last week that many areas of the UK have such long backlogs for adult ADHD assessments that it would take at least eight years to clear them ought to give higher education pause for thought.
· Wonk Corner
What’s hiding in OfS’ data dashboards?
When the Office for Students’ Access and Participation dashboards were updated last week, the sector ought to have been popping corks.
· SUs
What does today’s announcement on free speech mean for SUs?
The government has announced that it is to pause implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act. SUs had been waiting for responses to three consultations, with a raft of questions about the duties will w
· Wonk Corner
Should sexual violence cases go to the OIA?
We are used to thinking about the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIAHE) as an alternative to the courts.
· Wonk Corner
The silence from OfS over free speech is deafening
In less than a week’s time, the duties on students’ unions and universities under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act kick in.
· SUs · Members
The Free Speech Act – getting ready for August 1st
· SUs · Members
Framing representation for influence and power
· SUs · Members
Protecting students in an age of cuts
· SUs · Members
How to be become indispensable
· Wonk Corner
Whatever happened to student protection?
The positioning of the parlous state of sector finances in the upper echelons of Bridget Phillipson’s in-tray is A GOOD THING.
· Comment
If international numbers keep falling, what happens to the towers that housed them?
With recruitment of international students under increasing pressure, Jim Dickinson interrogates what happens when the purpose-built blocks to house them fall empty
· Wonk Corner
Universities and their staff should be under a “duty of candour”
In the King’s Speech, the Mental Health Bill is designed to implement some of the recommendations of the 2017 Wesley Report.
· SUs · Members
The other side
With Mack Marshall
· Comment
Labour has “no plans” to raise tuition fees
On King’s Speech day, Jim Dickinson was listening to the World at One – as the Secretary of State laid out her stall on fee increases and international students
· SUs · Members
Another university is possible
With Mack Marshall