Malia Bouattia’s tactics will define her leadership of NUSPosted in Articles, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, United Kingdom on 2016-05-01 01:22Z by Steven |
Malia Bouattia’s tactics will define her leadership of NUS
Wonkhe: Higher education: policy, people and politics.
London, England, United Kingdom
2016-04-26
Debbie McVitty, Director of Policy
University of Bedfordshire
Last week’s election of Malia Bouattia as the next President of the National Union of Students (NUS) has split the commentariat, with some celebrating the fact that she is both the first Muslim and the first Black female President of NUS, and others pointing to her record of expressing political views that some have interpreted as anti-Semitism. Over the weekend, Bouattia has sought to offer explanations and context for her comments, but in the meantime, several students’ unions have expressed their intention to disaffiliate from NUS as a consequence of her presidency. What is the higher education sector to make of all this?…
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