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1 week ago | 
wonkhe.com | Anna Bull |David Morris |Jim Dickinson |Mark Leach
The experiences of postgraduate researchers (PGRs) have not received the same level of attention as undergraduate students in relation to tackling harassment and sexual misconduct. PGRs have very different conditions of study than undergraduate or taught postgraduate students, and they may be at a different stage in life with significant professional experience.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
wonkhe.com | Rachel Brooks |David Morris
Over the past few decades, there has been – as many an academic will attest – a significant shift in the extent to which parents are involved in their children’s higher education. Parents now often attend university open days with their children, with some institutions laying on separate talks and events for them. Moreover, despite the introduction of tuition fees and maintenance loans, many parents end up making some financial contribution to their child’s higher education.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
wonkhe.com | Simon Marginson |David Morris
Ten years ago we could confidently say that we lived in an age of globalisation. Almost every increase in international student numbers and cross-border research collaboration was seen as positive, in government and the public sphere. Those days are gone.
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
wonkhe.com | Gail Marshall |David Morris |Mark Leach |Andrew McRae |Jim Dickinson
Serving on the executive of a national university subject association gives a grim overview on departmental cuts and its damage to scholarly communities. You see friends and colleagues lose long-held jobs – and those at the start of their careers squeezed out of academia before they’ve begun to fulfil their potential. At University English, we’re determined that our community should also be part of the solution.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Rob Rubin |David Morris
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
wonkhe.com | Anna Bull |David Morris |Mark Leach |Jim Dickinson
The main reason students report staff sexual misconduct is to protect themselves and others and to be able to continue with their studies. This simple fact should be centred in any institutional response to address staff sexual misconduct in higher education.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
wonkhe.com | Anna Bull |David Morris |Mark Leach
The Office for Students (OfS) has published its regulatory requirements – to come into effect from 1 August 2025 – for all higher education institutions (HEIs) in England to address harassment and sexual misconduct. I’ve addressed the steps that are required of HEIs to address abuses of power between staff and students – not least the importance of the phrase “abuses of power”, rather than “‘conflict of interest”.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
bnnbloomberg.ca | David Morris |Craig Trudell
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese electric-vehicle maker Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd. filed for a US initial public offering, laying groundwork for yet another potential listing by billionaire Li Shufu’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Zeekr is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp. and China International Capital Corp. on the IPO, according to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | David Morris
Chinese premium electric-vehicle maker <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1884656D%20KY%20Equity","_id":"0000018b-b5fa-d992-a1df-b5fe5ef70000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd. has filed for a US initial public offering.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
bloomberg.com | David Morris |Craig Trudell
Chinese electric-vehicle maker Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd. filed for a US initial public offering, laying groundwork for yet another potential listing by billionaire Li Shufu’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Zeekr is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp. and China International Capital Corp. on the IPO, according to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The proposed offering price and size of the share sale weren’t disclosed.
