Higher education

Walking the freedom of speech tightrope without falling over

Freedom of speech has been a major issue for FE colleges lately, and now those that are also providers...

Jessica Hill
Trish D’Souza
Adult education

Adult learning can help rebuild community and resist hate 

Far-right narratives thrive in disconnected communities. Adult learning providers like the WEA show how education can foster belonging, empathy...

Jessica Hill
Anki Deo
Colleges, Politics

Amid online poison, colleges can’t defend cohesion alone

National leadership, guidance and support is needed if young people are to be protected against online content driving division...

Jessica Hill
Sunita Gordon
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

We need collective action against the rise of the ‘manosphere’

The spread of harmful misogynistic ideologies among young people in colleges demands urgent action

Jessica Hill
Polly Harrow