A freedom of speech row has erupted at Durham University as one of its oldest societies, the 182 year-old Durham Union debating society, was banned from taking part in freshers' fair over "DEI non-compliance".
Looking back on his childhood in the 1980s, Dr. David McGrogan is struck with an unshakable sense of nostalgia for a world that is gone. To have hope, he says, following Kierkegaard, we must look this loss in the face.
Will Labour adopt a 10% limit on private school admissions at top universities? It would obviously be deeply unfair, but many on the Left believe such top-down quotas are needed to achieve 'justice', says Dr Nicholas Tate.
Seven British Nobel prize winner have joined the backlash from academics over plans to scrap free speech laws tackling cancel culture at universities.
In another case of 'you couldn't make it up', there's a campaign underway to 'decolonise' exams by letting students sit their own personalised ones they could never fail. What could possibly go wrong, asks Steven Tucker.
A Labour Government source has dismissed the new (and "paused") Freedom of Speech Act as a "hate speech charter". Free speech in Britain has rarely been in more peril, says David Abulafia.
Of the 66 universities making redundancies or cutting costs, 43 gave their vice-chancellors a pay rise last year. Meanwhile, V-Cs are demanding the taxpayer bails out the bankrupt organisations they're running.
New UK teacher training guidelines are pushing educators to "disrupt the centrality of whiteness" by questioning basic concepts like meritocracy and objectivity in a bid to combat racism in classrooms.
Despite severe financial struggles across the university sector, over two-thirds of vice-chancellors at cash-strapped institutions enjoyed significant pay rises last year, including some with increases of up to 26%.
By dropping the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, the Education Secretary has declared war on the culture of free speech on campus. The fight-back starts here, says Claire Fox in the Telegraph.
