In theory, a new vaccine should mark the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. However, will this be true in practice? Recent research shows that wealthy nations are stockpiling vaccine doses, leaving poorer ones to feed off the scraps. This could leave the populations of poor countries extremely...
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Up to 15,000 students who originally missed out on a university place subsequently met the conditions of their offer following the government’s decision to award A-level grades using teachers’ predictions.
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The University of Sydney has asked staff for feedback on a voluntary redundancy proposal, which could result in employees being asked to relinquish their jobs. In the email, Professor Debra Hayes conveyed a request from the Dean of the Faculty of Arts for staff to consider potential ways in which...
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Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration at a federal court in Boston in an attempt to block a directive denying visas to foreign students whose courses are being moved online.
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The University and College Union (UCU) has prompted anger among its members by announcing that money will automatically be taken from their salaries in order to support its strike fund.
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Cambridge University, the wealthiest university in the UK, has announced that it is seeking financial aid from the government.
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Free speech is one of the pillars that supports a properly functioning democratic society. But people like Jo Johnson and the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson have suggested that censorship measures such as “Safe Spaces” and “No-Platforming” implemented by some universities have put this under threat, driving us towards “a free...
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