Gif's ArtidoteMar 15

In November 2025, UK Lawyers for Israel (#UKLFI) sent the Open University (#OU) a threat of legal action against the term ‘ancient Palestine’ in a current course. The following month, the OU sent UKLFI a letter making two commitments: to add a contextual note to the current course, and to not use the term again in future course materials. Since January 2026..

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vQkTPnYNKc-kpm9lLTzdw-TAcRm75o57VGziPimNEeNmGOoxH_mwixhcGvDwwMQbUmuzbfoEpnszGmT/pub?

#press #IndependentMedia #news #FreePalestine #UKuniversities #science #StateCrime #CorporateCrime

Open Letter to the Vice‑Chancellor of The Open University: Call for Urgent Compliance Action under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 regarding “Ancient Palestine”

Mathrubhumi EnglishFeb 19
‘Paid for in-person classes, got online learning’: 500 Indian students sue 36 UK universities https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/uk-university-covid-compensation-students-kh6unkfp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IndianStudents #UKUniversities #COVIDTeaching #StudentCompensation
Girl about villageDec 22
It's adorable how people still think the OfS exists to protect students from the effects of university mismanagement #OfS #HE #UKUniversities https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/22/office-for-students-university-of-greater-manchester-investigation-phil-brickell-mp
Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says

Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement

The Guardian
ClemensNov 23
This is crazy stuff. #UKuniversities #RachelReeves
wNov 3

Free speech? Academic integrity?

How can commitments to free speech & academic integrity be maintained in a world in which universities have become all about overseas student fees and/or big highly politicised donors?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/03/uk-university-halted-human-rights-research-after-pressure-from-china

#FreeSpeech #China #Uyghurs #HumanRights #HelenaKennedy #SheffieldHallam #AcademicFreedom #OverseasStudentFees #HigherEducation #UniversityEducation #AcademicResearch #ukuniversities

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

The Guardian
Matt HodgkinsonNov 3

"In February, Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC), a leading research institution focused on human rights, ordered one of its best-known professors, Laura Murphy, to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China."

Academic freedom is threatened by institutional conflicts of interest. Her research has been reinstated after she said she would take legal action.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/03/uk-university-halted-human-rights-research-after-pressure-from-china

[Edit: more background on the topic https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-05-29/chinas-economy-runs-on-uyghur-forced-labour]

#AcademicFreedom #SheffieldHallam #UKresearch #ConflictsOfInterest #UKuniversities #HumanRights #ForcedLabour #Uighurs #Xinjiang #LauraMurphy #UKChinaRelations

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

The Guardian
cathillOct 27
Why do lots of people think that the Open University is somehow less real or less legitimate than other UK universities?
#openuniversity #uk #ukuniversities #universities #highereducation #remotelearning
cathillOct 15
Do British royals get admitted to Oxford or Cambridge even if they do not have the required high school grades?
#uk #ukuniversities #oxbridge #oxford #cambridge #ucas #sixthform #alevels #universityadmissions #collegeadmissions #universities #royalfamily #ukroyals #britishroyalty #highschoolgrades
Mathrubhumi EnglishOct 9
The Gurugram campus of Southampton University has already opened its doors to students, signaling a new era in India-UK academic collaboration https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/uk-universities-india-expansion-c03jk56c?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PMModi #UKUniversities #EducationPartnership #IndiaUKTies
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Oct 8

How free is the speech in our Universities? Can their students and facility criticise the Rich?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/08/uk-universities-offered-to-monitor-student-social-media-for-arms-firms-emails-show

#Education #ArmsTrade #UKUniversities #SocialMedia #Students #FreeSpeech #LoughboroughUniversity #HeriotWattUniversity #GlasgowUniversity

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

The Guardian