Study paints picture of universities increasingly willing to penalize students over expression of their viewsParker Hovis was four courses away from getting his computer science degree from the University of Florida when he was arrested along with several other students at a pro-Palestine protest on campus last spring. While the charges against him were dismissed […]
Kseniia Petrova, Harvard researcher arrested in February, faces deportation as lawyer calls case âmeritlessâA Harvard scientist who has been held in US immigration detention for months was charged on Wednesday with smuggling frog embryos into the United States, and likely faces deportation.Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist and research associate working at Harvard University, was originally […]
Sutton Trust âopportunity indexâ measured factors such as children on free school meals passing key GCSEsThe top 20 constituencies with the best social mobility in England are all in London, according to research from a leading education charity that underscores the stark regional divide in childrenâs life chances.In a report published on Thursday, the Sutton […]
George Holmes and two other staff members suspended over allegations of financial irregularitiesThe vice-chancellor of the University of Greater Manchester and two other members of staff have been suspended as police confirmed an investigation was under way into âallegations of financial irregularitiesâ.The university, which was known until recently as the University of Bolton, confirmed that […]
The latest cuts follow a $2.2bn freeze, bringing total federal penalties against Harvard to $2.65bnEight federal agencies will terminate a further $450m in grants to Harvard University, the Trump administration announced on Tuesday, escalating its antagonization of the elite institution over what officials frame as inadequate responses to antisemitism on campus.The latest funding cuts come […]
With the labour market declining and AI a threat to entry-level jobs, graduates have been sold a lie. Itâs no wonder theyâre angryItâs boomerang season again. Or to put it another way, the time of year when adult children you imagined might be flying the nest come home instead to roost, a ritual that seems […]
Social care, hospitality, health, universities and construction sectors raise questions over impact of planKeir Starmerâs blueprint for curbing immigration could exacerbate skills shortages in sectors that would âfall overâ without immigrant labour, the prime minister has been told.Starmer said that businesses in particular had become âalmost addicted to importing cheap labourâ rather than investing in […]
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Pressure to create more childcare places to meet funded expansion plans threatens to undermine qualityUK politics live â latest updatesPlans to change space requirements for nurseries in England to enable them to offer more childcare places are being considered by the government, prompting warnings about overcrowding.The Department for Education has launched a consultation on whether […]