According to the Institute for Fiscal Students, interest rates on student loans are set to be as high as 12% if the government does not intervene, leaving high-paying graduates to spend an additional £ 3,000.

Based on the post-2012 student loan interest rate retail price index (RPI), a recent RPI increase in March will charge 9% of recent graduates in England and Wales from September, the current rate is 1.5%.

IFS analysis shows that high-income graduates will be most directly affected by this increase, as they are more likely to repay their full debt within 30 years of graduation. Other graduates will see an outstanding balance after 30 years.

High-paying graduates – those earning more than £ 49,130 ​​- are charged an additional three percentage points (v less earners), so their loan interest rates will increase from 4.5% to 12%. Those with a student loan of £ 50,000 will have to borrow an additional £ 3,000 by March 2023, when the interest rate will be revised.

Ben Waltman, a senior research economist at IFS, said: “If the government does not change the way students charge interest rates, interest rates will change dramatically in the next three years.

“The maximum rate will reach 12% between September 2022 and February 2023 and the minimum between September 2024 and March 2025 will be close to zero.

“It simply came to our notice then. Student loan interest rates should be low and stable, reflecting the cost of the government’s own loans. To avoid significant growth in September, the government urgently needs to adjust the way interest rate caps work. ”

The National Union of Students (NUS) said the increases were “cruel” and could add thousands of pounds to the graduate loan at a time when many were struggling.

“Students are not cash cows, and we cannot reap the rewards of this government’s backlash that has plagued millions of people,” said Hillary Gabi-Ababio, NUS vice-president for higher education, who wants the government to reverse the changes.

Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said the increase was another symptom of the crisis.

“Working graduates struggle with rising prices and the Chancellor’s increasing tax burden, and there is a risk of further pressure as interest rates rise,” Phillipson said.

A spokesman for the Department of Education said student loans were separate from commercial loans, linked to repayments with income, not interest rates or borrowed amounts. They insisted that borrowers earn below the, 27,275 threshold per year before tax they pay no.

“The IFS report clarifies that changes in interest rates have limited long-term effects on debt repayment, and the Office for Budget Responsibility predicts that the RPI will remain below 3% in 2024,” a DfE spokesman said.

“Regardless, the government has reduced interest rates for new borrowers so from 2023-24, graduates will never have to repay more than they borrowed on real terms.”

The government’s recent overhaul of student loans will extend payments from 2023 to 40 years instead of 30, and will bring a lower start-up threshold for loan repayments that could cost an additional £ 30,000 over the lifetime of low- and middle-income graduates.

Students who start the course in 2023 to 2024 and who earn £ 50,000 or more will save about £ 20,000 compared to the current loan system due to lower interest rates.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has intervened for the second time in a dispute over a rival monument at the Chapel of Jesus College in Cambridge, insisting that “the monuments of slave traders do not belong to places of worship”.

Commenting on the legal battle over a plaque commemorating Tobias Rustat, an investor in 17th century slavery, Justin Welby gave unequivocal support to those who wanted to remove it and suggested that the Church of England still had a long way to go. Towards racial justice.

The archbishop’s intervention came when Jesus College filed a petition with the local diocese requesting that the memorial be removed from the chapel because its presence had a negative impact on the church’s mission and ministry.

The college said the plaque would be moved to another location in the college where it would not interfere with worship, but could be studied as an important historical monument. Last month, however, a church court rejected the appeal, ruling that opposition to the monument was based on “a false statement” about the scale of the financial rewards obtained from Rustat slavery and ordered that the memorial should remain in the chapel.

Welby said he had no doubt the law had been followed and the Church of England’s competing heritage guidelines had been used, adding: “But if we are satisfied with the situation where people of color are excluded from places of worship , Then obviously we have a lot more to go in our journey towards racial justice. “

This is not the first time that an archbishop has been forced to intervene in a dispute. Earlier this year, in a speech to General Sind, he questioned why the Rustat monument was proving so difficult to transfer when it was a source of trouble for people whose ancestors had been sold into slavery. “I stand by those comments,” he said Tuesday.

“The Church of England has a dark history where slavery is a concern we have to deal with. Racial injustice inside and outside the church is a problem that still exists today,” Welby said.

“Since the end of 2019, the Church Commissioners, of whom I am the Chairman and a member of the Board of Archbishops of York, have begun the process of unraveling and tackling this dark past, with the goal of restoring, repairing and promoting it. Good future for all of us. They will report their results within the next month. “

Earlier this week, Jesus College dismissed an appeal against the court’s decision. The college’s master, Sonita Allen, the first black master at an Oxbridge college, however, warned that the Church of England’s approach to solving problems of racial injustice and a rival tradition was inadequate and unsuitable for purpose.

An Italian woman who was deprived of formal education during World War II has returned to the classroom to study for her school diploma – at the age of 90.

Anunjiata Murgia is the oldest person to attend the lesson Middle school diplomaOr middle school diploma, an examination usually taken by children in lower secondary education at the age of 14. He did so at an evening school near his home in Dolianova, Sardinia.

“I like to study, I always like it,” he tells Il Mesagero. “But when the war started, everything changed for me. I had to go and work, because my family struggled and I had to play my part. Once upon a time those who had money could study.

Murgia said she learned to sew as a child and went to sew. But he read a lot of books, and so “I studied alone whenever I could”.

His passion is history and music. “I’ve always loved history books, because I’ve felt good about the history written in books – I’ve seen the aftermath of World War I and survived the Second World War.”

Murgia’s youngest classmate 16, a student who will re-sit for the diploma because Murgia will make her first attempt in June. To be able to advance in higher education, including Italian literacy and math exams, you need to pass an exam that ends at 18 in Italy.

Marina Pelia, a literature teacher at the school, described Murgia as a very passionate and engaged student.

“Although she has some hearing problems, and was not in good form due to a fall yesterday, she actively participates in classes, especially history,” Pelia said.

The school is primarily for adult education and 16-20 year olds are required to retake the school. The average age of students in Murgia’s class is over 40, some of whom are also preparing for middle school diplomas.

“Often they are women who have regained their education after having children, or who have not received a diploma and need it for work, because it requires a minimum education,” Pelia said.

The last person in Murgia’s age to sit for school exams was an 87-year-old woman in 2016. Murgia said her teachers were “extraordinary” and her classmates were “like my grandchildren”.

“Someone comes home with me in the evening, when it’s dark,” he adds. And he is ready for the test. “I’ll give my all.”

Teachers will discuss the “inhumane” effects of pornography on students at a national conference this week.

Teachers attending a National Education Union (NEU) event in Bournemouth are expected to raise concerns about the “prevalence of pornography that shows harmful and degrading treatment of women.”

The conference will also explore whether current sex and relationship education adequately addresses issues of sexuality, sexuality and consent, or puts students at risk of being “criminalized” by watching porn.

A 2020 Brooke survey, Sexual Health and Wellness Charitable for Young People, found that young people believe that a lack of information from schools and parents puts them at risk, and that higher quality sex education will make them feel more empowered.

NEU is particularly concerned by the results of a 2021 offstead report which found that 90% of girls and 50% of boys reported sending clear pictures of themselves or their peers that they “don’t want to see” or “sometimes”.

The review was launched after thousands of publications were published on Everin’s Invited website about sexual harassment and sexual violence involving state and individual schools, as well as universities.

More than 51,000 testimonials have been shared on the site, naming hundreds of educational settings across the UK. The revelations made by students and pupils reveal a complete spectrum of offensive behavior in schools, ranging from low-level harassment to serious sexual harassment and rape.

At the conference, NEU will look at evidence that debates on pornography “mainly the violence against young women, such as suffocation and suffocation, as well as racist tropes, all of which dehumanize women”, as well as the increasing sexual nature. Social media.

Teachers are also prepared to discuss whether incidents of sexual harassment – both on and offline – should be consistently recorded by schools so that disturbing patterns can be identified and adult intervention is sought to protect students from increasing abuse.

The NEU Annual Conference (April 11 to April 14) will be attended by 1,600 delegates.

More than 20 former presidents of the National Union of Students, including three former cabinet ministers, have sent an unprecedented personal warning to the organisation’s trustees, urging them to address the concerns of Jewish students.

The leaked letter to the Guardian was sent to union trustees by 21 former presidents in the 1960s, including former cabinet ministers Jack Straw, Charles Clark and Jim Murphy, shadow health secretaries, Wes Streeting and Mayev Sherlock.

“This is not just a matter of protecting NUS’s reputation, but of respecting NUS’s proud anti-apartheid policy,” the letter said.

Others include Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips, Times columnist David Aronovich and former Labor MPs Lorna Fitzsimmons, Stephen Twig and Phil Ullas, as well as Shakira Martin, the first black woman to lead NUS.

New concerns were raised by Jewish students when the union invited rapper Loki to a centennial ceremony, when he said that the media had “armed” the Jewish tradition. [Ukrainian president] Zelensky “for ignoring the so-called extreme right-wing activity in Ukraine.

The students who objected said they had been told they could stay away from a safe place during his performance, although NUS declined advice to separate them. Loki withdrew from the event amidst controversy.

The Jewish Students’ Union (UJS) also complained about remarks made by the union’s president-elect Shaimaa Dallali, including a post when she was a teenager, which read: . He has since apologized for the post. Other social media posts are being investigated by the NUS board.

The letter said the NUS board had called a crisis meeting on Wednesday over the row. Conservative chairman of the Education Selection Committee, MP Robert Halfon, said he had referred NUS to the Charity Commission.

Higher Education Minister Michelle Donnelly said last week that she was also considering reporting NUS to the commission and that the government could suspend involvement with the union over the allegations. Donnelly called on student unions across the country to “consider deflation until things improve quickly.”

Responding to criticism from Halfon and Donlan, the union said: “NUS is taking anti-Semitic allegations seriously. There is no place for anti-Semitism in the student movement. We have apologized profusely for the concerns and anxieties of recent weeks and are working to resolve any errors and restore trust.

“The board is meeting to inspire our strong internal processes, including considering hiring an independent external team to support it. If we see the need to take action, we will not hesitate to take it, as we have done before. “

The letter, which was leaked to current NUS president Lorisa Kennedy as well as trustees, said the allegations needed to be taken more seriously.

“We, as former presidents, are personally concerned about the anti-Semitism, the safety and treatment of Jewish students at NUS events, and the seriousness of your democracy and the way NUS is responding to these concerns,” the letter said. The letter stated that “clear NUS is a serious and significant issue.”

Former presidents have said that the NUS should issue a “complete and unreserved apology” to resolve relations with the UJS and Jewish students, and launch an independent investigation into anti-Semitism in the organization, including statements and tweets from current and future officials.

“We hope that the trustees understand the gravity of the crisis facing the company, the reputational damage it has caused, and the potential existential threat to the future of the company by revoking the recognition of NUS – and understanding your responsibility to act,” the letter said.

Teachers have said they want more police to be deployed at the school after they became angry over the treatment of Child Q, as members of the National Education Union voted to remove the senior police officers involved in the case.

Delegates at NEU’s annual conference have backed a resolution calling for police to be called “a last resort” for schools and teachers to deal with students.

One speaker after another told the conference that Child Q’s experience – where he was searched by police at his school – was not an isolated incident for black students who were more likely to be influenced by police under the Safe School Officer (SSO) policy.

After a national uproar last month when it came to light that a 15-year-old girl had been stripped-searched by Met officers at her school following a false allegation of possession of marijuana. No cannabis was found.

“What happened to Child Q will never happen again,” said Carly Slingsby, a teacher at Hackney, a local authority that includes Child Q’s school.

“Our police need to close doors and school gates so our kids know they can’t be the next baby question.”

Slingsby said the schools were selected to conduct an SSO based on free school meals, absenteeism rates and the number of children with social workers: “These officers made up their minds about our children before they even set foot in school. “

Louise Lewis, a NEU executive member and teacher at Kirklees, said she was heartbroken when she read about the Child Q experience.

“For school staff, the policies and measures that schools have in place to protect this child have failed miserably, as did the police. Unfortunately, this was not an isolated incident by the police, and that’s why we need change now,” Lewis said.

“These statistics and facts are alarming and so, as the largest education union in the UK, it is important that we stand with Child Q and support its drive for change.”

Neil Dhanda, a teacher at Redbridge, told delegates at the Bournemouth conference that the Child Q case “should raise questions about whether the police should be at school at all.”

“As shocking as this is, the police presence is not the only example of damage. Similarly there are affected families who are concerned that the police at school have an unequal effect on black children.

“Schools should not be policed ​​and children should not be criminalized. It only limits their educational and life opportunities, feeding a school into a prison pipeline that unfairly affects the working class and black students. “

Kevin Courtney, the union’s joint general secretary, said: “This must be stopped, and the NEU urges the police to stop searching for children and to consult extensively with the government on the revised Code of Conduct, which focuses on child protection.”

In his introductory speech at the conference, NEU President Daniel Kebede said the Child Q case “highlights a growing trend where police are always present at school”, leading to the criminalization of children.

“Some say I’m wrong and the police can play a priestly role, but I don’t think that’s right. They insulted, humiliated and insulted the child queue, “Kebede said.

Noting that ChildQ was not addicted to drugs, Kebede said: “I know of one place where 11 out of 12 toilets tested positive for cocaine. This is a place where there is a 24 hour police presence. It is called the House of Parliament. Why is that [the Met] Strip-searching kids and not strip-searching MPs?

A survey has found that almost half of teachers in England are planning to resign in the next five years.

Ahead of the National Education Union’s (NEU) annual conference in Bournemouth this week, NEU revealed on Monday that 44% of teachers plan to leave the profession by 2027.

In a survey of 1,788 teachers, one-fifth (22%) said they would leave in two years. Teachers said heavy work pressure was a significant reason for their decision to leave. More than half (52%) of respondents said their workload was “uncontrolled” or “uncontrollable most of the time”, rising to 35% in 2021.

For those planning to leave in two years, work stress was the main motivation for 65% of respondents, while concerns about the level of trust placed in teachers by the public and government were also a significant factor.

Teachers also cited salary and liability as reasons to consider abandonment. One teacher said, “I am desperate to get out of school because of work pressure, constant monitoring and paperwork.

Teachers say schools are finding it difficult to fill vacancies, with the role doubling, with 73% reporting that the problem has worsened since the epidemic began.

“People leave and then their responsibility [are] Another role has been added, ”said one teacher.

Another describes how “everything is in harmony with the bones.”

They added, “We have increased the responsibility of leadership but we have run out of time to fulfill it,” they added.

“Classes are regularly covered by teacher assistants, as if it were completely satisfactory.”

Two-thirds of secondary school teachers (66%) said that since March 2020, the problem of vacancies for teacher assistant and support staff has worsened. One respondent stated that “very few” teachers were assistants and were asked to cover more classes than before.

For those who thought about stress at work, two-thirds reported that they were under stress at least 60% of the time, with one teacher reporting that extended staffing kept workers “close to burnout.”

Dr. Mary Bosted, joint general secretary of NEU, said that the continuing education secretaries had “failed to keep an eye on the problems facing teachers”.

“We are in the profession of having the highest number of unpaid working hours and we are still well above the international average for hours worked by teachers. It’s not just sustainable and it can only be a burnout, “he said.

He said the government should not simply accept that high workload was a problem, but that it had “played an important role among many contributing factors”.

“The results of our survey show that whether it misses recruitment targets, leaving the profession of meritorious teachers, the detrimental effect of a punitive and deeply flawed inspection system, or the effect of cutting real-time payments over many years, is a national policy decision. Always a piece of villain, ”he said.

He said the Department of Education needs to take steps to “ship right”, as many teachers are leaving the profession when very few new ones have been hired to replace them.

“It’s a very large amount because the work has been interesting and unstable,” he said.

Dr. Boosted added that teaching was a “great and fulfilling job” that people entered because they wanted to make a difference.

“Yet the government makes it more difficult, and if we want to do the right thing for the youth collectively, we must be able to give them the education they deserve.” That change must come from above. ”

A spokesman for the Department of Education said: “We acknowledge that school and college staff are under pressure and are grateful to them for their efforts, resilience and service now and throughout the Covid-19 epidemic.

“Education remains an interesting and fulfilling profession. The number of teachers in our school is much higher, with over 461,000 teachers working across the country – 20,000 more than in 2010.

“We have taken and will continue to take steps to improve the workload and well-being of teachers and leaders, working actively with the sector to understand the drivers behind such problems and to improve our policies and interventions.”

There are around one million undergraduate-level jobs in the UK filling them without qualified staff, according to a report from universities which predicts that labor market appetite for graduates will remain strong in the near future.

Using data from government sources, a report published by Universities UK found that 15 million people with degrees or equivalent qualifications were working in the UK by the end of 2020 – and around 16 million managerial and professional professions were defined as graduate-level jobs.

Statistics are backed by data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which shows that while 14% of the UK workforce is over-qualified for their current jobs – including graduates working in non-graduate professions – more than 27% fulfill their classified bachelor-level role. “Ineligible” with graduate.

The UUK report is an attempt to dispel misconceptions about graduate employment, such as the value of a bachelor’s degree may be low or many graduates unable to find skilled employment.

But demand for graduates was high during the Kovid epidemic, according to the Institute for Student Employers. It says the number of vacancies is now 20% higher than before the epidemic in 2019. Compared to 2021, job vacancies for graduates are expected to increase again this year

Professor Steve West, President of the UUK and Vice-Chancellor of UWE-Bristol, said: “Despite some questions about the value of graduate skills, this report shows that the employer demand for UK graduates is significant – it is increasing every year and will probably grow in the future.

“It is important that the UK government creates the right conditions for universities to fully support business growth and skills development for students of all ages. To put it bluntly, this means that the UK government must invest in a sustainable long-term funding for higher education. “

The UK’s higher education minister, Michelle Donnelly, said the figures show just how important higher education and skills are to the UK’s future.

Donellan said the government was pushing for “the biggest reform in post-18 education in England in a decade”. “Our goal is to further improve graduation outcomes and increase quality to provide the highest quality education for students of all walks of life,” he said.

Recent proposals by the government include increasing the cost of graduate student loans for students in England, so that lower and middle-income people can find an additional 30,000 to pay off their loans from next year.

The government is also advocating for the introduction of the minimum GCSE grade required to qualify for student loans, which critics say will make some school-dropers largely barred from pursuing higher education from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The UUK report shows that the number of UK workers in occupational occupations increased by 647,200 in 2020, while those in other roles fell by 817,000 in the first year of the epidemic.

Stephen Isherwood, chief executive of the Student Employers Institute, said: “The demand for skilled graduates is only growing in the short and long term. To ensure employers have access to the talents they need across the UK economy, it’s important that we continue to invest in graduate talent. “

According to experienced teachers and education experts, students preparing for the GCSE and A-level exams should begin to earnestly revise to avoid greater stress during the Easter holidays.

As nearly 2 million teenagers across the UK prepare for their exams, students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will sit their first paperwork on 16 May, five weeks away.

Barnaby Lennon, a former headmaster at Harrow School, said students taking the test this year were concerned about legitimate reasons and said the secret to reducing stress was good preparation.

“If stress is something that worries you, you will have more stress if you don’t make some corrections at Easter. To avoid ‘super-stress’ in May, you may have to pay a little more for the Easter holidays, “Lennon said.

Although this year’s candidates have suffered tremendous disruptions in their studies, experts who have spoken to the Guardian have said that students should avoid panicked cramming. Instead, they urge students to mobilize themselves and come up with better correction strategies.

“Students in the current exams have lost their learning rate for several months and may never have taken the public exam. Given the time they’ve lost and their unfamiliarity with rethinking, it’s even more important that they correct using effective proven strategies, “said Daisy Cristodoulou, a former teacher and No More Marking, an online assessment education director. Organization.

Many students equate reviewing with note highlighting and re-reading the textbook. But Cristodoulou said these methods were largely ineffective: “It leads to the ‘illusion of skill’ – students are familiar with the material they are re-reading but they don’t really understand it.”

Instead, self-examination and the use of quizzes lead to much more effective rethinking, as recalling something from memory – known as “recovery practice” – helps to integrate understanding of a subject.

Adam Boxer, head of science at the Totary’s Academy in north London, said: “The best way to practice recovery is quizzing – asking questions in written or oral form. You are reminded of the content of your note reading, the answer to a question is retrieving your knowledge of that content from your long-term memory. “

But Boxer warned that students need to be realistic: “When they self-assess, they will be humble and say something like, ‘Oh, I mean,’ or ‘It was just a silly mistake,’ freeing them from the need to do so.” By Meaningful follow-up.

“Instead, students should not lie to themselves. They should speak or write each answer and be honest and firm in their self-assessment.”

Cristodoulou said that using a technique called “spaced retrieval” can also improve revision: “If you have two hours to correct an issue, it is better to divide it into four half-hour sessions on four separate days than two hours at a time.”

To help, Boxer and Christdoulou suggest that students use free apps and online tools such as Flash cards as an effective way to learn things like foreign language vocabulary, historical dates or math formulas. Cristodoulou recommends the flash card app Unki, while Boxer Carousel is the director of education at Learning, a free online quizzing tool.

But how much time should be corrected at Easter? Lennon said it was difficult this year to give clear advice on how many hours each student should work.

“Different students will have different abilities to correct, which reflects the fact that students are different and students have had different experiences during the epidemic,” Lennon said.

“Do as much as you can but don’t tire yourself out because it would be crazy. Always get a good night’s sleep, never fix it after dusk, because a good night’s sleep helps your brain retain information in long-term memory, which is what we’re trying to achieve.

“Don’t stress too much on the Easter holidays, don’t think you have a sore throat.”

David Didau, a senior English lead at the Ormiston Academy Trust, said his advice to students this year was no different.

“Basically, if you want to do well in a subject, sit down in a past paper – there’s a commercially available mock-up – three times a week from now until the exam,” Didau said.

A taxpayer-funded charity that runs a prestigious art school in Rome has been accused of failing to take care of it after allegations of mismanagement, a “toxic” work environment and unfair work practices.

The British School of Rome (BSR) launched an investigation in April 2020 after 24 staff, alumni and alumni complained to its trustees about charitable activities. It was alleged that the workers were suffering from “physical and mental health problems” due to poor working conditions.

It is alleged that the trustees of the charity set up a “complaints panel” to investigate the allegations, which was suspended before its results could be reported. The charity said last week that it had conducted an “extensive, independent and confidential” investigation.

BSR was founded in 1901 and is housed in a neoclassical building in Rome designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Alumni include Turner Award winners Elizabeth Price and Mark Wallinger. It receives more than half of its funding from the British Academy, supported by grants from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Engineering.

A two-page complaint, written in April 2020, was sent to the Charity Council, whose members are its trustees. The council is chaired by Mark Getty, a member of the Getty family’s oil dynasty and co-founder of the media company Getty Images.

Dr. saw the complaint Observer She said there were serious concerns about mismanagement at school, unfair work practices and the alleged abusive language towards some female employees. The letter alleges a “toxic” and “divisive” work environment.

The document states: “Since July 2019, a number of trustees have been contacted and these issues have been brought to their notice, but nothing positive has been achieved. People should be given the opportunity to speak in a safe and secure environment.”

In one case of alleged unfair work conditions, a senior female art researcher who lived and spoke at the school Observer He said he was expected to work as a “doorman” some nights, and was given a torch and high-visibility vest to patrol the premises.

He said: “I actually found a naked man in the lecture theater on Saturday evening and I had to deal with it. I think he was addicted to drugs.” When he complained that off-hours responsibilities were not in his contract, he claimed that he had been told that he would not be given his leave unless he agreed to work over-hours. Was, but he says he sued in an unjust dismissal court in Rome and was compensated in a settlement.

The charity’s oversight council conducted an independent review in June 2020 The panel recommended the formation of a grievance panel and identified the “urgent” need for staff to have access to human resources advice and assistance.

A grievance panel consisting of lawyers appointed only by the BSR conducted the hearing in July 2020. In September of that year, 37 staff, alumni and alumni wrote to the British Academy, alleging that the panel had not informed them of any results and that the charity had “failed in its responsibility to care”.

The British Academy and the BSR have reviewed the governance of charities. Reforms were proposed, including a new code of conduct, the formation of a senior management team, and a new approach to diversity and inclusion. The British Academy reported to the plaintiffs in June 2021 that the Council had “decided to suspend the proceedings of the Complaints Panel” despite having not resolved any of its previous problems.

The charity, which has about 30 employees, said last week that all review recommendations had been implemented. It said it could not fully respond to specific demands due to confidentiality measures, but that no member of staff was subject to disciplinary action.

It said it had consulted with staff about the grievance panel last summer and the council had concluded it was appropriate to consider closing the procedure. It said no researcher was asked to act as a doorman, but residential staff shared responsibility for emergencies outside the hours. From the spring of 2020, a professional security service was launched, the charity said. In 2021 an HR manager was hired.

Mark Getty, Chair of the BSR Council, said: “I am confident that with an improved framework for governance and new dynamic leadership for the BSR, the BSR is now well suited to develop the UK’s creative and academic presence in Italy.”

The British Academy said it was not its remit to investigate specific allegations from staff, but said it was satisfied the problems identified in its governance review were “at hand”.

The director of the charity, Professor Stephen Milner, passed away at the end of his second term in January 2021, at the time of the allegations. Milner, an Italian Serena professor at the University of Manchester, said last week that the BSR would respond.