UNISON demands extra government funding to save universities from crisis

Higher education member Bill Acharjee (above) works at Solent University in Southampton as a research governance officer, with the task of ensuring that students and academics maintain ethical standards while they conduct their research projects. He’s thoughtful, conscientious. And while working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, he has a very sobering thought.
“A world without universities would be tragic,” he says. “I just can’t comprehend it.”
But there&