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Does the government have any legal basis for asserting a duty of care to students in higher education under Common Law?

HEPI

T his HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Robert Abrahart, Lead Campaigner at ForThe100, and Balwant Kaur, Independent Suicide Prevention Researcher. The ‘reasonable person standard’ is a flexible and extensively used concept in English Law, dating from 1837. ForThe100 ’s campaign has just received a significant boost.

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Freedom of speech, lifts, and the importance of terminology

HEPI

As the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill returns to Parliament today, HEPI is running two blogs on the issue. This blog was kindly contributed by Andrew. Boggs, University Clerk at Kingston University and Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (OxCHEPs).

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Building Bridges to Beijing?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor David Law, Academic Director: Global Partnerships at Keele University. In HE, this would propel Chinese universities towards collaborative international models, within a policy framework designed by Chinese officials. We visited Beijing, Shanghai, and some other cities.

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Key takeaways from government guidance on SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling

EAB

Blogs Key takeaways from government guidance on SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling The Department of Education finally issued its eagerly anticipated follow-up guidance on the Supreme Court’s SFFA ruling in September. Did it deliver on enrollment leaders’ hopes and expectations? The answer is complicated. What does this mean, exactly?

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Michael Sorrell , longtime president of Paul Quinn College. We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Ron Kirk was running for mayor of Dallas, and wound up being the trade ambassador under President Obama. Because the sacrifices required to truly lead require selfless behavior.

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My Take on the AP African American Studies Course Framework and the American Historical Review’s 1619 Forum

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I have been fortunate to have a perch on which to write about a host of highly charged issues that matter a great deal to me. No subject has been off-limits and no one has ever threatened to censor or water down my perspective. Which means I should not flinch when really tough issues arise.

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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. He also told us: "I come from a line of three generations of faculty members here at the University of Utah.