All Souls, which received substantial payment in 1710 from slave owner, to fund one student a year from Caribbean nations. More...

A Cambridge professor forgets that a glass or two can expand the mind with amazing results.
Some university professors have always made it their mission to keep their students out of the pub. More...

Now that education is a commodity, colleges are bound to exaggerate their standing.
When something is turned into a commodity, should anyone be surprised when it starts to behave like one, even to the point of exaggeration in its marketing. More...

For most students, choosing a university is as simple as counting up Ucas points, checking a league table or two, and signing up to a few open days to whittle the list down. But things are more complicated for distance learners, for whom studying off-campus brings a whole new set of considerations. More...

One-third of languages and economics teaching staff are from EU, who need more clarity about their status, says British Academy study. More...

Campuses have come a long way in the 10 years of the student-led People & Planet rankings – but there are surprising fails. More...

Two key examples of irresponsible journalism have dogged the papers. First, the Telegraph published a photograph of a Cambridge student, Lola Olufemi, who had written an open letter calling for more BAME writers to be included in the syllabus, under the misleading headline “Student forces Cambridge to drop white authors”. The second is my return as an Observer columnist, journalism’s true nadir. The person who founded the Observer is probably rolling in his grave. Whatever his name was. I can’t be bothered to look it up. More...

Academics deflect from their establishments’ deficiencies by saying society is at fault. More...

The Mail’s attack on universities is typical of a campaign denigrating those who dare to question Brexit. More...

Guardian readers, teachers and academics respond to the controversy around the Cambridge university English syllabus. More...