- Departures of Cemal Kafadar and Rosie Bsheer are seen by critics as ‘shameful attempt’ by school to appease Trump The leaders of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies are leaving their positions after the center faced...
- Daughter of deceased graduate gives clock part back to Gonville & Caius College – but minute hand still missing The hour hand of a university chapel clock that was taken in a student prank and replaced with a cardboard copy has been...
- White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative action The US Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to...
- State department shares new standard for denials based on social media posts, financial donations and memberships The United States has ordered consular offices to significantly expand their screening processes for student visa...
- Concerns grow as university becomes latest to capitulate to Trump’s anti-DEI demands Follow US politics live The University of Michigan has shuttered its flagship diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program and closed its corresponding...
- Vice-chancellor Sasha Roseneil accuses Office for Students of seeking to ‘persecute’ rather than solve problems The University of Sussex is taking legal action to overturn a record fine levied by England’s higher education regulator,...
- Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’ A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US...
- Universities UK says ruling raises concerns about how to prevent harassment and hate speech on campus A landmark freedom of speech ruling against the University of Sussex that resulted in a fine in excess of half a million pounds has...
- Regulator accused of ‘perpetuating culture wars’ after case of Kathleen Stock, who faced protests for views on gender England’s university regulator has been accused of “perpetuating the culture wars” after fining the University of...
- A new study contradicts received wisdom about underachieving boys. But concerns backed up by evidence should be addressed New research showing that boys in English schools outperformed girls in maths and science tests offers a corrective...
- Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited Laced with terms such as “censorship” and “political interference”, the Belgium-based jobs advert was far from typical. The...
- Whether forged in neighbourhoods, clubs or universities, cross-class links can boost social mobility and break down divides Social capital is a key concept in the social sciences and – even though most people don’t use the term – also in...
- Mass firings spark concern as department employees say cuts set stage for widespread fraud and abuse Hundreds of firings inside the federal government’s student aid department have sparked concern among workers and student loan...
- As measles sickens hundreds and health secretary RFK Jr spreads dubious information, experts sound the alarm As vaccine hesitancy increases in the US, isolated, tight-knit and religious communities have frequently been at the center of...
- Poll finds up to 48% of voters believe Scottish students who can afford it should pay, with 29% opposed Scottish voters are divided over Scotland’s policy of free tuition for Scottish students as the crisis over university finances...
- The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out In six weeks, the Trump administration’s “ rapid scheduled disassembly ” of American science has been as...
- John Butcher and Karen Ahmed respond to Susanna Rustin’s article on the vocational qualification I am grateful to Susanna Rustin for her trenchant analysis of government failure to tackle the post-16 academic/vocational divide (...
- Institutions must resist thuggish bullying. There is no satisfying Trump. He will move the goalposts again and again Since early 2024, I’ve been running a journalism ethics center at Columbia University. So perhaps it’s no surprise that...
- Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to ‘more students than ever’ Harvard University is offering free tuition to more students, the Ivy League school announced on Monday, joining a growing...
- They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism What’s in a name? With T-levels, quite a lot. By choosing a title that sounded a lot like...
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