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The chair of the OfS talks grade inflation, antisemitism and free speech

Yesterday brought the latest development in a long-running power battle. It was an explosive account of a relationship that has become increasingly stretched in recent years and that remains on a knife edge. On one side, a Tory politician in a position of power; on the other…the universities of England.

That’s right. Conservative peer James Wharton’s keynote address to the GuildHE spring conference yesterday is what everyone will be talking about at the virtual water cooler this morning. And if you were thinking we meant Dominic Cummings, Playbook is happy to report that since he is quite literally yesterday’s news, Sophie Inge has already covered in detail the R&D implications of his explosive appearance before the science and technology committee.

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