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Podcast: Free speech guidance, R&D

This week on the podcast we examine the Office for Students’ new free speech guidance as controversial requirements prepare to take effect from August 1st.

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News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

This week on the podcast we examine the Office for Students' new free speech guidance as controversial requirements prepare to take effect from August 1st.

What do the "deeply disturbing" YouGov findings about academic self-censorship really tell us, and how should universities navigate campus protests and challenging research topics?

Plus we discuss outgoing UKRI chief Ottoline Leyser's stark warning about "inevitable consolidation" in university research.

With Mark Peace, Professor of Innovation in Education at King's College London, Arti Saraswat, Senior Policy Manager for Higher Education at the Association of Colleges, Livia Scott, Partnerships Coordinator at Wonkhe, and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Sussex fined almost £600k over free speech

\So are universities allowed to chill misogyny or not?

The franchise problem may not have a quick answer

Welcome to the walk-in degree

What is the franchising boom doing to drop-out?

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