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Universities continue to work to prevent and respond to incidents of harassment and sexual misconduct under increasing pressure and scrutiny...

The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 8 September.  The Act will provide a new framework for tertiary education in Wales including higher education, further education and other post-16 training. 

Britain’s equalities watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has published new guidance regarding the prevention of hair discrimination in schools...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Office for Students has recently published its annual Prevent monitoring data.

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...