“The law of unintended consequences has arrived in full force on British campuses, as government policies designed to control immigration turn academic staff into state informers and impose draconian surveillance on UK students and academics. That is the conclusion of a report out this week from the Manifesto Club entitled Fortress Academy. It details the operation of the new points-based immigration system, and the effect it is having on UK Colleges and other academic institutions …” (more)
[John Ozimek, The Register, 12 February]