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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 37 MIN

Antisemitism, AI and graduate jobs, universities and working class voters

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This week on the podcast the government turns up the heat on universities over antisemitism – but with enforcement details still to come, what does Keir Starmer's zero-tolerance pledge actually mean in practice? Plus, a new Institute of Student Employers survey finds that employers expect AI to reshape rather than replace graduate entry-level roles, and a UCL Policy Lab report argues that higher education's chronic failure to connect with working-class voters is one of the key reasons political leaders keep their distance.With Joe Cooper, Chief People Officer at University of East London, Aaron Porter, Chair at BPP University, and Livia Scott, Associate Editor at Wonkhe, and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.Students should feel safe on campus. So what’s the plan?Why OfS got the meaning of free speech within the law absolutely wrongAI isn’t taking graduate’s jobs, but it will reshape entry-level rolesThree reasons why the higher education sector struggles to land its political arguments

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