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Met police agree six-figure payout to student hit by baton at protest

The Guardian - Higher Education

Exclusive: Alfie Meadows underwent brain surgery after being struck by officer at tuition fees demonstration The Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to a man who needed emergency brain surgery after being hit by an officer’s baton during the 2010 university tuition fees protests.

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Who should be responsible for mental health care? | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

Plus letters from Bob Holland and Marie Davis I’m writing in response to your article on mental health support for students in universities ( Parents outline ‘woeful’ mental health support for students at UK universities, 2 June ).

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Freedom of speech and students’ unions

SRHE

Students’ unions are often conflated with the National Union of Students (UK), but many students’ unions [1] did not have ‘no platform’ policies and a few were not affiliated to NUS, which is a confederation of students’ unions, guilds and associations. Has it been tangled up with a populist view of HE in the UK?