POSTED BY JENNIFER LEWIS | 26 OCTOBER 2022 US higher education and study abroad programmes Recently I was joined by Kathleen Porter and Kate Dion from one of Mills & Reeve's best friend firms in the US, Robinson & Cole, to discuss the higher education market in the US Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read education sector International
POSTED BY GARY ATTLE | 24 OCTOBER 2022 Freedom of speech on campus - international perspectives The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill makes a return to Parliament this month when it will be subjected to scrutiny in the committee stage of the House of Lords... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 11 OCTOBER 2022 A British data protection system to replace UK GDPR The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has recently announced the Truss Government’s intention to replace UK GDPR with a new British data protection system... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY POPPY SHORT | 10 OCTOBER 2022 Higher Education in India I was delighted to be joined by Sajai Singh, a senior Partner at Mills & Reeve’s best friend firm in India, J Sagar Associates (“JSA”), for the first webinar in our international series looking at key developments and opportunities in the higher education sector... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY MARTIN PRIESTLEY | 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 Webinar series – supporting your global education strategy We understand how important a successful global strategy is for our HE clients. The landscape has changed a lot over the past few years, and we are always looking at ways to help share our insights with our clients... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY AMY LAW | 5 SEPTEMBER 2022 Belief, disagreement, discrimination and freedom of expression A number of recent tribunal rulings have considered whether various “gender critical” beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Each case turns on its own facts and specific context, with the tribunals emphasising that it is not their role to express views on the merits or correctness of particular beliefs... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 30 AUGUST 2022 Proposed changes to UK data protection and digital information laws One of the final acts of the Boris Johnson Government before the Parliamentary summer recess was to publish the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. It remains to be seen whether further changes will be proposed by the next prime minister, but the Bill builds on a number of earlier consultations... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY KATE ALLAN | 9 AUGUST 2022 Themes from the OfS Prevent monitoring data for 2020-2021 The Office for Students has recently published its annual Prevent monitoring data. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY CATHERINE DOMLEO | 29 JULY 2022 The evolving role of the university campus With rising student expectations and the increasing number of educational providers, the Higher Education sector has faced a number of challenges over the last few years to enhance the student experience and consumer offerings... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 28 JULY 2022 Leave entitlement of part-year workers should not be reduced for unworked weeks The Supreme Court has confirmed that the Working Time Regulations do not entitle an employer to reduce the leave entitlement of part-year employees so that it is proportional to other workers... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
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