What the extremism guidance asks universities to do
The government has issued further guidance on managing the threat of extremism on campus, applying to both students and staff. Guidance of this kind is implemented through university policies on speakers, room bookings and society activity, so the practical effect arrives as a form your society has to complete. It sits awkwardly beside the free speech duties introduced last year, and universities are now navigating both.
Should university governors be paid?
A consultancy director and an education lawyer ask whether the unpaid governor model still works, given what is now expected of university boards — financial crises, restructures, regulatory risk. Students sit on these boards too, usually as the union president, and the question of whether governors are paid affects who can afford to serve.