HE CounselBeta
Monthly · law, governance and regulation · with Mills & Reeve
A legal briefing for higher education from Wonkhe, produced in partnership with the higher education team at Mills & Reeve – tracking the rulings, regulation and legal risk that shape how universities work, and explaining what they mean for the people who run them.
What you get
The big story
The ruling or row everyone’s talking about, analysed properly – what was decided, why it matters and what governing bodies, secretaries and counsel should do about it.
Case tracker
Live cases, consultations and regulatory action, status at a glance – from OfS conditions and free speech complaints to tribunal judgements and CMA enforcement.
Expert view
What it means in practice, from Mills & Reeve lawyers who work with universities every day.
Legal developments of note
New guidance, consultations, enforcement and legislation coming into force, in and beyond higher education – and what each one asks of an institution.
HE goes to court
Case spotlights from the courts and tribunals – FOIA, employment, contract, regulation – with the sector-wide implications drawn out.
Worth your time
Cases to watch, reading worth doing and dates for the diary – deadlines, commencements and consultations closing.
HE Counsel is written and edited by Wonkhe, with expert input from Mills & Reeve’s higher education team – the UK’s leading law firm for education clients, advising over 130 institutions. It is in beta, which means you can shape it: tell us what you’d like covered, what is keeping your governing body up at night, or what a legal briefing should never do.
Recent issues
Every issue, exactly as it landed in inboxes. The whole archive is part of the subscription.
- 30 September 2026Wednesday 30 September 2026Collaboration is an uphill struggleThe free speech fallout from Sussex · HE regulation updates · Financial sustainability riskSubscribers
- 15 July 2026Wednesday 15 July 2026The new CUC code of higher education governance – and why board culture mattersTreating students fairly: condition C6 · Dates and deadlinesSubscribers
- 12 June 2026Friday 12 June 2026OfS loses first major free speech case – the Sussex ruling and what it meansSector insolvency and special administration · Martyn’s Law, CMA and ECCTA · Dates and deadlinesSubscribers