News archive for 26th December 2017

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Student leaders criticise Jo Johnson after threat over no-platforming policies - Guardian Universities could face fines over free speech curbs - BBC Snowflake students are drawing up lists of ‘trigger words’ and demanding books are stripped from university libraries, - Mail Researchers to study school records for clues on suicide and self-harm - Guardian Universities must ‘open minds, not close them’ warns minister - Scotsman Universities stifling ‘free speech’ could face fines, warns minister - PoliticsHome Burning books on Boxing Day - Wonkhe Free speech in the liberal university - DfE Universities will be less able to make scientific breakthroughs if they do not tackle 'safe space' culture, minister warns - Telegraph Two-year degrees and the biopolitics of higher education - Times Higher Education | THE On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to FE…' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It's like family to me': the school feeding its poorest families - Guardian Don’t shield students from opinions they don’t agree with, universities minister Jo Johnson warns - Telegraph Jo Johnson to tell universities to stop 'no-platforming' speakers - Guardian Teacher numbers on slide in two target areas despite extra funding - Times