Universities can now subscribe to Free Movement for their students

Free Movement now offers an institutional subscription for UK universities, giving law students and academic staff access to our full archive of articles and case law analysis.

Free Movement has been covering UK immigration and asylum law since 2007. We provide in-depth analysis, with new content every weekday and a collection of over 5,000 articles. We also provide training and have more than 50 online courses. Universities can now make all of this available to their students and staff through an institutional subscription.

How access works

Access is available through OpenAthens single sign-on. Most UK universities already use OpenAthens, so no additional IT work is required. Students and staff can log in with their existing institutional credentials so there is no need to create a Free Movement account. Access works from any device and any location.

Universities can also link directly to specific articles or courses from their virtual learning environment or reading lists, making it easy to embed Free Movement content into teaching materials.

What is included

The institutional subscription is designed for academic use: law students, lecturers, researchers and library users who want to use Free Movement as a study, teaching or reference resource. Two levels of subscription are available.

The first covers the full archive of articles and case law analysis. This is suitable for library subscriptions and general student research use, giving students a reliable reference tool for UK immigration law.

The second level adds access to our online courses, including the introduction to immigration law (Immigration Advice Authority level 1) and advanced immigration law (Immigration Advice Authority level 2) courses. Each course includes an ebook, so law schools can use the materials directly in teaching, particularly where Immigration Advice Authority training is relevant to the curriculum.

What is not included

Neither level includes access to our members’ forum, live training or live training discounts. These are features that practising immigration lawyers and advisers rely on, and they remain part of full individual or group membership.

The institutional subscription is not a substitute for full membership. Universities that employ immigration advisers or lawyers – for example, in a student advisory service or an in-house legal team – should note that those individuals need a full individual or group membership, not institutional access. Institutional access will not meet their professional needs and is not an appropriate alternative to membership. To become a full member, click here.