Although separated by almost two decades, the MacPherson Inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence and the Mitting Inquiry into undercover policing are beginning to cross in unexpected ways. A restriction order made pursuant to section 19 (3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 necessarily conveys limited information to the public as regards the justification for the restriction. Nevertheless, sufficient has emerged to indicate that there is a real risk that the institutionally racist

2017 saw the publication of two major reports on UK higher education degree classification systems. The jointly authored report by Universities UK and Guild HE explored the policies and guidance which provide the framework against which degree classification decisions are arrived at by the 120 institutions which participated in their survey (2017a). The Universities UK/Guild HE report was complemented by David Allen’s analysis of the effects on student degree outcomes of vary