We’re all special snowflakes now

I remember it like it was yesterday. Boxing Day, 2009.

Back when I worked as a Director at NUS I always used to offer to take the press phone over Christmas on the assumption that education (and indeed Government) basically closed over the…

OfS and Public Interest Governance Principles

From uea(su)’s OfS Regulatory Framework Consultation Response

Well designed public interest governance should start by identifying the principle beneficiaries of an organisation, and then seek to given them a voice in…

Initiating fresh action on student hazing

Originally published on wonkhe

The case of a student who died after a university society initiation ceremony has been across the news over the past couple of weeks and has sparked fresh debate about hazings and binge drinking among…

From our wonk correspondent

Originally published in the Wonkhe Daily

Jim Dickinson went to an Intelligence Squared debate entitled “the battle for free speech”

Last night I went to a debate on no platforming, trigger warnings and safe spaces that didn’t…

Understanding Student Apathy

Students’ Unions may aspire to empower their students or bemoan their apathy, but do we really understand the how’s , the why’s and the emotional costs of getting this right? From AMSU Agenda May 2004

Adding to the confusion on freedom of speech

Originally published on Wonkhe

The furore about freedom of speech on campus tends to shapeshift — one minute it’s about “no platforming”, then trigger warnings, then bans on books, then the monoculture of lecturers’ views…