- Israeli student filed lawsuit after suspension for spraying pro-Palestinian protesters with foul-smelling substance Columbia University has reached a $395,000 settlement with a student who was suspended in January after spraying student...
- Rachel Reeves made funding the NHS a priority but people working in other areas said they were disappointed Rachel Reeves’s first budget emphasised raising taxes to help the NHS, as the health service tries to cope with huge waiting...
- The roughly £9bn unveiled in budget expected to disappear rapidly due to rising costs and years of underinvestment Schools in England are to get a multibillion-pound injection of funding, with extra money for children with special...
- Home Office failed to show presence of Dana Abu Qamar ‘not conducive to public good’, according to tribunal ruling A Palestinian student who was stripped of her student visa after remarks she made about the Israel-Gaza war has won a...
- Researchers come up with theory for why ‘jump scares’ are often followed by laughter – with advice on how to find ‘sweet spot’ of fear Whether it’s a friend jumping out from behind a bush or accidentally walking into a web of fake...
- My friend and colleague Stephan Harding, who has died aged 71, was a scientist, ecologist and teacher. At the heart of his work lay his deep feeling for the Earth and his belief in the planet as a living intelligence. As teacher and...
- UCL’s Grade I-listed building being turned into a mixed-use space under redevelopment proposals Academics are outraged that University College London (UCL) has failed to put its Art Museum and significant art collection at the heart of...
- Research and development is an investment, not a cost, and if the UK is to maintain its world-leading position it must commit to long-term funding The research sector has been a consistent, if sometimes undervalued, UK success story,...
- Updated accountability measures aim to get school leavers to look at wider range of institutions and vocational options The government will no longer measure schools in England on how many of their students go to Russell Group or...
- There is a difference between legitimate protest and acts of terrorism, writes Vivienne Rivis In 1969 I was a London School of Economics undergraduate when access to the women’s toilets in the Old Building was suddenly blocked by workmen...
- Proportion of students eligible for free school meals at 15 who progress to higher education falls from 29.2% to 29% The proportion of disadvantaged teenagers in England going on to study at university has fallen for the first time on...
- Universities such as Columbia and Princeton punish educators for posts and comments criticizing war in Gaza Several professors at universities around the US are facing disciplinary actions in regard to their support for the pro-...
- University attendees ramp up outreach efforts and pitch pop-up polling sites as election day approaches College students formed a steady line outside a campus art museum to vote early on Tuesday at a pop-up polling place at the...
- Princeton University, the only other North American school to do so, rolled back its commitment recently The University of Toronto ’s environment school has announced it will financially dissociate from fossil fuel companies, in a...
- Seven students put under ‘precautionary measures’ after allegations relating to campus demonstration in July The London School of Economics has been criticised by a UN rapporteur and accused of Islamophobia after reportedly raising an...
- As Howard University celebrates 100 years of alumni coming home to honor their beloved alma mater and each other, Kamala Harris, a Howard alum, is possibly on the verge of becoming the first Black woman president. The historically Black...
- All public universities in the state join growing ‘direct admission’ program that aims to reduce application anxiety Texas universities have joined a number of other colleges and universities across 35 states in participating in a...
- System for applying for travelcards yet to be restored after cyber-attack on Transport for London’s IT systems Students in London fear they may have to abandon their school and university courses to save money after a cyber hack on...
- Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’ A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on...
- Passengers with food allergies should be allowed to board first to clean their seat area, but ‘shouldn’t worry’ about airborne allergens It’s the airline PA request that will be familiar to millions: please refrain from eating...
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