About this episode

James interviews Fred Attenborough about a landmark academic freedom case involving the University of Sussex and the Office for Students.

James talks to Fred Attenborough, Research Manager at the UK Committee for Academic Freedom, about the recent ruling in a landmark academic freedom case, University of Sussex vs. Office for Students. Will the ruling fatally weaken the Office for Students, which the new UK academic freedom legislation empowers to regulate universities, before the the new academic freedom regime even gets going? Freddie has a number of pieces on this case up on the CAF website: https://afcomm.org.uk/author/fred...

People in this episode

Host: James

Guest: Fred Attenborough

Topics covered

• academic freedom
• legal ruling
• university regulation
• UK education policy
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK Committee for Academic Freedom, University of Sussex, Office for Students

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