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Higher education postcard: vice chancellors and all that
Higher education is not like other sectors. One way in which this is apparent is the different terminology used for […]
January 30, 2026
What gets lost when the first draft is always polished?
Something has shifted. I recognised immediately that the email in my inbox had been written with the help of AI. […]
January 30, 2026
Universities should be positive disruptors on trans inclusion
On 16 April 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, […]
January 30, 2026
Will the student protection stable door ever get closed?
The Office for Students (OfS) has published new polling on students’ perceptions of their providers’ response to financial challenges. I […]
January 29, 2026
Florida Now Accepting Public Comment on H-1B Visa Hiring Ban
Florida took another step Thursday toward banning all its public universities from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas. The state […]
January 29, 2026
The American people fact-checked their government
This essay was originally published by Persuasion on Jan. 28, 2025. On Oct. 17, 1961, tens of thousands of […]
January 29, 2026
Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged
There’s been a rise of know-your-rights training sessions in response to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. This has […]
January 29, 2026
Podcast: Demand, Disabled students, medicine
This week on the podcast we examine what a rise in UK university applicants really tells us about the future […]
January 29, 2026
California prohibits its teachers from talking about a student’s gender identity to their parents. That raises First Amendment concerns.
Can a state bar public school teachers from talking to a student’s parents about their minor child’s gender identity without […]
January 29, 2026