Could student loans ruling mean the system is redesigned? – BBC News
‘An announcement on Monday could affect the future of the student loans system.’
BBC News, 16th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: universities
New Judgment: Williams v Trustees of Swansea University Pension and Assurance Scheme & Anor [2018] UKSC 65 – UKSC Blog
‘The claimant appealed against a decision that the calculation of an enhancement under the ill-health early retirement provisions of his pension was not unfavourable treatment that constituted discrimination arising from disability.’
UKSC Blog, 17th December 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
Oxbridge applicants misled by personal statements company, Advertising Standards Authority rules – Daily Telegraph
‘Oxbridge applicants purchasing £150 pre-written personal statement were misled after believing they could pass them off as their own work, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Equality watchdog launches inquiry into racial harassment at universities – The Guardian
‘Britain’s equality watchdog has launched an inquiry into racial harassment at universities amid mounting evidence of students and staff from minority groups facing abuse.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Universities: Is free speech under threat? – BBC News
‘A Parliamentary inquiry has reported, regulator the Office for Students has threatened to fine universities that fail to uphold free speech and the Equality and Human Rights Commission is drawing up guidelines for universities.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Duty to care for student mental health has legal implications for universities – OUT-LAW.com
‘Universities have a duty to support students with mental health issues, but there are a series of legal issues that they need to consider which should shape how they do so.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Environmental Law and the core of legal learning: framing the future of environmental lawyers – OUP Blog
‘Environmental law has not been taught or seen as a ‘core’ legal subject, giving environmental law academics freedom to teach the subject in many different ways. This structural sidelining, however, belies important questions about how teaching environmental law relates to the core of legal learning. We are not suggesting that there is a core of environmental law knowledge that every student should learn (although there is lots to learn), but that it is important to reflect on whether there are core legal concepts, reasoning processes and skills that all environmental lawyers should have. This issue is now particularly pertinent as the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales is ‘releasing’ the LLB from its conventional structure of core legal subjects, so that existing assumptions about how environmental law relates to the core of (undergraduate) legal learning are up for grabs.’
OUP Blog, 15th October 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
Serial harassers who target a new student every year working in universities, report finds – Daily Telegraph
‘Universities are employing serial sex abusers who date a different student every year, a report has found. Research by campaigners the 1752 Group and the University of Portsmouth found that university staff who had had inappropriate relationships with one student or junior colleague were likely to have behaved similarly with others.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges went to Oxbridge – Litigation Futures
‘Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges, announced yesterday, are Oxbridge graduates, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 5th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Funding Freshers – who pays for an older child’s university tuition fees on divorce? – Family Law
‘This month thousands of people up and down the country found out whether they had done enough to get into their university of choice. After a long, hard slog involving many sacrificed weekends and evenings, Freshers’ Week will no doubt provide some much needed light relief before it’s time to do it all over again over the next three to four years.’
Family Law, 28th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Universities face balancing act with serious misconduct complaints-handling – OUT-LAW.com
‘The challenges universities face when handling complaints of alleged serious misconduct, and the significant implications of getting it wrong, has been highlighted in a recent case involving a US university.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Government to face IWGB union in landmark court case for outsourced workers’ rights – The Independent
‘The government is taking on a union in court in a landmark case that could have huge ramifications for the UK’s army of 3.3 million outsourced workers, many of whom have fewer rights and face worse pay and conditions than in-house colleagues doing the same jobs.’
The Independent, 7th August 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sharpening up on cyber could open data doors for universities – OUT-LAW.com
‘There is “room for improvement” in the way universities manage data. That was the recent stark message from the UK’s data protection watchdog for a sector that derives great value from the data it holds.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
MPs want new watchdog to root out research misconduct – The Guardian
‘A national watchdog that has the power to punish British universities for failing to tackle research misconduct is needed to ensure that sloppy practices and outright fraud are caught and dealt with fast, MPs say.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
University pioneers legal tech course for law degree students – Legal Futures
‘Manchester University has launched what is understood to be the first legal technology course for law degree students in England and Wales.’
Legal Futures, 7th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Universities which ‘no-platform’ controversial speakers will face Government intervention – Daily Telegraph
‘Universities which “no-platform” controversial speakers will face a Government intervention for the first time in 30 years, the higher education minister will say today.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Students take court action over hours lost during strike – The Guardian
‘More than 1,000 students have signed up to a lawsuit seeking compensation for lost teaching hours during recent strike action by university staff, which could cost universities millions of pounds.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
