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Podcast: Campus protest, student income, academic freedom

This week on the podcast a group of vice chancellors have been called into see Rishi Sunak in a bid to clamp down on student protest

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Podcasts|10/05/24
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Team Wonkhe

News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks
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  • Freedom of speech
  • Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2021
  • student finance
  • Students
Team Wonkhe
News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

This week on the podcast a group of vice chancellors have been called into see Rishi Sunak in a bid to clamp down on student protest. Where does that fit with new Free Speech duties?

Plus HEPI has a new study out on students’ standard of living, and UCU has a new report out on academic freedom.

With Anne-Marie Canning, Chief Executive Officer at the Brilliant Club, Ben Vulliamy, Chief Executive at University of York Students’ Union and incoming ED at AHUA, Livia Scott, Partnerships Coordinator at Wonkhe, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Read more:

  • Campus encampments intensify the conflicts over free speech regulation
  • Prime Minister to call on university leaders to protect Jewish students
  • HEPI: A Minimum Income Standard for Students
  • Protecting academic freedom in the digital age

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