What’s the Point of the Latest Ukraine Escalation?
23 November 2024
by Eugyppius
The Emperor’s New Ad
22 November 2024
China is engaged in a "whole of state" assault on the U.K. and the Government’s approach has been "completely inadequate", according to a report by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.
Is affirmative action on the brink? American Supreme Court’s landmark ruling could potentially end a 60-year campaign.
Arif Ahmed, the Government's new 'free speech tsar', says he'll defend all views and is not intending to take sides in the culture war or promote the views of the Government.
According to Basqueros, the Daily Sceptic's pseudonymous higher education columnist, scrapping visas for the dependants of foreign postgraduates is a bloody good idea.
The objections to including a new statutory tort in the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill by the Labour shadow universities minister were comically feeble, says Busqueros in the Daily Sceptic.
"I have more degrees than you" should never win debates. This American professor found out the hard way. Wielding credentialism to deny sex differences in human skeletons has drawn laughter and criticism.
Gen Z are turning against woke culture due to a mixture of economic reality, and the fact that it has descended into empty self-parody, according to Panda La Terriere in the Spectator. Let's hope she's right.
Why are such a large number of A-level students unable to get into university this year? They're paying the price for the lockdown policy.
Why have students turned their backs on free speech? According to an excellent piece in UnHerd by Matthew Goodwin, it's a combination of generational change, victimhood culture and the marketisation of universities.
A new poll reveals students want less free speech on campus, not more, with 39% believing students' unions should ban all speakers that cause offence and 76% wanting to 'get rid of' controversial statues and memorials.
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