The future of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
Sets out the government’s decisions on the act to ensure that freedom of speech and academic freedom are robustly protected and it will be genuinely workable.
Higher Education Reform encompasses Department for Education initiatives to modernise the UK university sector, including measures on academic freedom, free speech protections, and regulatory oversight of institutions. The reforms address governance, student experience, and institutional accountability across England and devolved nations. The policy area remains active with ongoing regulatory guidance and parliamentary scrutiny of sector-wide challenges.
Sets out the government’s decisions on the act to ensure that freedom of speech and academic freedom are robustly protected and it will be genuinely workable.
A memorandum providing an assessment of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA).
The government's plans achieve significant reductions in bureaucracy for the research, innovation and university sectors.
In response to: Higher technical education reforms