- 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,...
- Republican president-elect says he wants to dismantle the US education department and fire ‘radical left accreditors’ US non-voters: tell us why you abstained in the 2024 US presidential election Donald Trump hates the state of higher...
- Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its...
- Higher education regulator says sector needs to take ‘take bold action’ and consider mergers or cost sharing England’s universities face financial turmoil with nearly three in four expected to be in the red next year, according to gloomy...
- Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class Young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and...
- New class is latest to explore a pop icon’s impact, with other universities offering courses on Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga Students at Yale University are getting the chance to take a class entirely devoted to Beyoncé , school officials...
- The government is making welcome moves to overhaul a sector in financial turmoil, but institutions face tough choices Philip Augar chaired the May government’s review of post-18 education and funding One of Britain’s most globally...
- While Peter Mandelson and William Hague are thought to be the front runners for the 800-year-old post, students are concerned with more mundane lifestyle issues After Donald Trump’s victory, concern has been expressed in liberal circles...
- New research from the US shows that poorer students living more than 30 miles from college are unlikely to continue with their studies Too many people go to university is a popular argument. I disagree. Insofar as our economy does...
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