Campus debate

Last Wednesday evening, the University of Nottingham’s Labour society beat their Conservative rivals in a parliamentary style debate in Monica Partridge. The motion was ‘This house believes that the government should be prioritising solving the cost-of-living crisis over achieving net-zero’. Labour challenged this statement, whilst the Conservatives defended it....

On Boxing Day the Minister for Universities, Jo Johnson, announced that next year a new regulating body will be set up, with the power to fine universities that fail to defend free speech. This is chiefly a response to the NUS’ policies on no-platforming, where students’ unions prevent speakers...