CPC-CG member Dr David McCollum is presenting 'Social mobility & global mobility: Framings of social mobilities through the #TuringScheme' at the Centre for Global Higher Education Conference.

David is one of the panellists exploring components of the student mobility landscape in the UK, post-#Brexit.

Find out more: https://www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-2026-navigating-the-equity-crisis-in-global-he/

#studentmobility #brexit #highereducation #internationalstudents #ukuniversities #erasmusplus #turingscheme #taith #virtualmobility #geopolitics

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

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

"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