Will enforcing free speech on campus bring freedom or tyranny?
Last week’s spats over universities’ supposed anti-Brexit bias and what to do about it highlight the contested nature of free speech
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Laurie Taylor – 2 November 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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MP’s chilling Brexit letter a worrying turn
The letter from Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris to UK universities asking them for details of names of those “teaching European affairs, with particular reference to Brexit”, and a list of course...
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They can overcome
There has been a recent upsurge in discussion about access to leading universities after Labour MP David Lammy’s disclosure that certain ethnic, regional and social-class groups continue to be highly...
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Going to your local
It is very depressing if, in order for the UK to save money, the future is for “more people to live at home and study locally or go to university later in life”, since part of the transformational...
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Oxbridge beats Eton if you want to be in the ‘elite’ (but both is best)
The most effective institutions in ‘oiling elite trajectories’ are now universities, not schools, find Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves
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Industrial Strategy Commission: it is time to address UK’s major regional inequalities
Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood
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One-size-fits-all quality system ‘forces private colleges to lie’
Senior QAA reviewer claims it is unfair to compare alternative providers to universities when they charge different fees
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From Syrian opposition leader to master’s student in Canada
Noura Al-Jizawi hopes her experience at the University of Toronto will help her to transform her homeland into a democracy
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Stirling quiet on professor’s ‘Russia links’ to Trump campaign
Fellow at Scottish university at centre of investigation over presidential adviser’s alleged collusion with Russian authorities
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European backlash over 'sugar daddy' campus adverts
Paris and Brussels are now taking legal action against sites critics accuse of 'pimping'
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How to make sure your lectures aren’t too anti-Brexit
Rob Johns offers advice on making sure your teaching is not all pro-remain, in the wake of the Heaton-Harris letter