- My friend and colleague, Maureen Henderson, who has died aged 83, joined the Polytechnic of North London as a social work tutor in the 1970s. At that time it had the biggest social work department in Britain and Mo soon became an...
- Actors Samuel West and Paapa Essiedu join calls for urgent action to protect and expand access to arts World-leading drama schools in England are facing a financial crisis that threatens to turn back the clock, shutting down...
- Renowned drama school says ‘unprecedented funding challenges’ make degrees unviable from September 2025 One of the UK’s most celebrated drama schools, which counts the Oscar-winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jeremy Irons among...
- Downwardly mobile graduates are arguably becoming the UK’s electoral kingmakers – and could spur a political revolution Some groups loom larger in the national imagination than others. It has become a shibboleth that economically left,...
- Learning and Work Institute says 71% of Londoners and 65% of adults in Scotland will have degree by 2035, compared with 29% in East Yorkshire Economic growth in the UK risks being held back by a “skills chasm” between regions, as London...
- Scientists to examine if humans’ and dogs’ brains synchronise when they interact in a way similar to parents and babies Standing patiently on a small fluffy rug, Calisto the flat-coated retriever is being fitted with some hi-tech...
- Only 25% of institution’s students are from Scotland, and they are more likely to be from working-class backgrounds From the first day Shanley Breese started her law degree at the University of Edinburgh, she encountered demeaning...
- Survey finds post-1992 universities leading the way on sustainability and ethics More universities are banning fossil fuel companies from recruitment fairs in a sign of the sector’s shrinking social licence among young people. The annual...
- More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports on a broken system The email arrived...
- Traditionally considered a US, Canadian and Australian phenomenon, a new survey shows Big Things are far more universal than previously thought Perched atop a traffic island in Banjarmasin, Indonesia, is a proboscis monkey. Leaping from...
- Researchers say Chinese students feel they are treated as revenue sources rather community members Universities in the UK are being urged to provide better support for students from China to improve integration on campuses amid concerns...
- Cancelling degree courses on the subject is a form of cultural vandalism, says Linden West . Plus a letter from Diana Hirst Thank you for your timely reminder about the crises of English literature and the humanities in our universities,...
- A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark In 1561, a little-known charter granted the University of Cambridge the power to arrest and imprison any woman “suspected of...
- Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students More than three-quarters of UK universities have pledged to exclude fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios,...
- My mother, Joyce Crick, who has died aged 95, was a lecturer, scholar and translator of German literature. She lived a life of determination, erudition and grit. In 1958, Joyce began her academic career as a lecturer at University...
- Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world Doctors are hailing a new way to treat serious asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attacks that marks the first...
- Former foreign secretary and Oxford graduate wins online vote, ending hopes a woman would fill role for first time The former foreign secretary William Hague has been elected as Oxford University’s next chancellor, ending hopes that a...
- Worries about animal euthanasia and mishandling of complaints from students about racism among concerns The University of Cambridge’s prestigious veterinary course could be stripped of its professional accreditation after regulators...
- My friend Agnes Flues, who has died suddenly aged 42, was a courageous and principled trade unionist. She was branch president of the University and College Union (UCU) at Nottingham University from 2020 to the summer of 2023, when she...
- Video of arrest of Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, tenured professor at University of California, Irvine, went viral As riot police arrested 50 people during a May 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of California, Irvine,...
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