5 avril 2019

A row over alleged racism and attacks on freedom of expression has erupted in France after students forced the Sorbonne to cancel a performance of a Greek tragedy featuring actors using black masks, claiming it was “Afrophobic, colonialist and racist”. More...

Students have occupied a key building at Goldsmiths, part of the University of London, demanding an institution-wide strategy to tackle racism which they say is undermining the experiences of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) students. More...

Uncertainty surrounds funding of the scheme due to Brexit, but there are alternatives for those who fear they could miss out. More...

Academic and scientific research needs to be accessible to all. The world’s most pressing problems like clean water or food security deserve to have as many people as possible solving their complexities. Yet our current academic research system has no interest in harnessing our collective intelligence. Scientific progress is currently thwarted by one thing: paywalls. More...

King’s College London is to order an independent review of its security procedures after a group of students said they were singled out as troublemakers and barred from campus during a visit by the Queen. More...

The loss of the scheme would be a devastating blow for the social mobility of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. More...

Damian Hinds’ call for PayPal to block transactions with essay-writing firms is to be welcomed (University cheats should be reported by their peers, minister says, 20 March). More...

A professor at an elite US school says an influx of unskilled and entitled students is monopolizing faculty time: ‘They will eat you alive’. More...

Budding female entrepreneurs can overcome the gender funding gap with targeted support from universities. More...

Fraternity has been suspended after video surfaces showing some of its members mocking slavery and using a racial slur. More...