Free speech on campus is under threat – but not from who you think
Rather than safe spaces and no platforming, it is government policies that are the real threat to freedom of expression.
Rather than safe spaces and no platforming, it is government policies that are the real threat to freedom of expression.
The young have been systematically marginalised: is it any surprise that their mental health should suffer as a result?
“Our staff deserve dignity and fair treatment, not poverty in retirement”, say student protestors.
Higher education bosses are playing games with the public, as well as the lecturers losing out.
And just 2% think university staff are to blame for the industrial action, a YouGov poll found this morning.
University heads are failing to even admit the pension strikes are happening. It’s no wonder people talk of a crisis of leadership in our university sector.
Tactless pay hike comes as staff at 61 universities, including Edinburgh, prepare to strike over pensions.
And a former Labour MP, thought to be the subject of one of Young’s misogynist tweets, said he should go “immediately”.
The divide in higher education is getting starker. Huge strikes are on the cards unless something is done about it – and soon, writes UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
Nearly four in five believe university bosses should not be allowed on the remuneration committees which keep bumping up their pay.