SRHE

APRIL 25, 2023

It was rumoured that Barber sought a second term as OfS chair but was denied. The job of independent regulator of higher education in England was instead handed to James Wharton, a 36-year-old former Tory MP with no experience in higher education who ran Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign.” emphasis added).

Development and Fund Raising 88

Development and Fund Raising Government Higher Education Consulting 88

SRHE

JULY 11, 2022

Baron Wharton of Yarm , as he now is, was simply a former MP when he took on the role of campaign manager for Boris Johnson’s successful bid to replace Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party. (In While that would be true of any ministerial change, in these peculiar circumstances the waves may reach storm heights.

Government 40

Government Management Higher Education Consulting 40

SRHE

APRIL 20, 2023

This situationist political action had the lineaments of populism, more recently shown in the occupation, and videoing for social media, of campus buildings by National Action, an organisation which celebrated the murder of Jo Cox MP and is now proscribed by the Home Office. No platform policies were subtitled ‘for Racists and Fascists’.

Student Union 74

Student Union Government Higher Education Media 74