POSTED BY SARAH SEED | 9 MAY 2024 Webinar: Higher education providers and market exit: What would happen if a university became insolvent? Mills and Reeve is increasingly being asked to advise on the consequences of challenging financial circumstances for higher education providers... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 8 min read Contracts and commercial Finance Financial resilience Governance and public law Insolvency
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 23 APRIL 2024 Procurement Act 2023: 28 October 2024 implementation and new transitional guidance The Government has this week announced 28 October 2024 as the expected “go live” date for the Procurement Act 2023 and published a further guidance document on transitional implementation of the Act... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 28 MARCH 2024 Misconduct, harassment, extremism and free speech within the law These topics continue to be an area of focus for the higher education sector, and in some instances can raise complex questions for institutions... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY AMY LAW | 26 MARCH 2024 Student processes: OIA guidance on collaborations between higher education providers and others Last month the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (the OIA) published revised guidance within its Good Practice Framework, directed at higher education providers in England and Wales delivering learning opportunities in partnership with other providers or organisations. Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY SIAN JACKSON | 25 MARCH 2024 University Financial Resilience: Using subsidiaries for pension provision UCEA and UUK have recently written to the Government regarding the increases to the employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) to request greater flexibility in universities’ participation in the scheme... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY EMMA TUCK | 21 MARCH 2024 Freedom of information failings targeted by ICO The Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights, has taken recent steps towards ensuring transparency and accountability in public authorities... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 11 MARCH 2024 Freedom of speech - a moving target? The Office for Students' consultation on the freedom of speech complaints scheme closed at the weekend and the linked consultation on regulating relevant students' unions will close shortly... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY NEIL BURTON | 5 MARCH 2024 New Charity Commission guidance on refusing and returning donations The Charity Commission yesterday published guidance on refusing and returning charitable donations; we have summarised it here. We are highly experienced at advising Universities and other institutions on large charitable donations... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 28 FEBRUARY 2024 New report on sustainability and ESG The latest report in our ESG Ignite series, Interpreting the ESG acronym has recently been published and includes a number of voices from different sectors, including from sustainability leads in the higher education sector... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ROBERT RENFREE | 22 FEBRUARY 2024 Thoughts on the Abrahart appeal judgment Our briefing note sets out some initial thoughts on last week’s High Court ruling in the appeal brought by the University of Bristol, and the cross-appeal by Natasha Abrahart’s father as the administrator of her estate... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
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