The government says it wants to ensure free speech on campus – yet under the Prevent strategy it has its own list of banned speakers. More...

27 December 1907 The scheme, a post-graduate study of two years at Oxford, Cambridge, or London Universities hopes for the same success that the Cecil Rhodes scheme for men enjoys.
An international and inter-colonial scholarship scheme for women, on lines similar to that which the late Cecil Rhodes in his will laid down for the benefit of young men, was drawn up some time ago by an American woman; and already (according to the “Gentlewoman”) it has every prospect of permanent success. More...

Higher education minister accused of exaggeration after threatening to fine universities that failed to defend free speech. More...

Through existing comparative studies, the British public can get a better sense of how (economically and socially) regressive the English student support system is and of the different policy solutions available to reform it (for example, abolition of fees, universal student support, state-owned student housing). More...

Higher education minister says institutions that fail to protect freedom of speech could be fined. More...

Researchers hope to improve current trial and error approach by devising algorithm based on a person’s cognitive characteristics. More...

Proposed changes to welfare services under scrutiny after six Bristol students killed themselves in little over a year. More...

Letter signed by more than 170 international academics opposes Ethics and Empire project investigating rights and wrongs of imperialism. More...

It is to our detriment that the political focus on technology sees science and society as separate or even as being opposed. We need joined-up thinking. More...

I signed up for a PhD with funding from industry, but when that was retracted I was left with no support. Universities should have a plan B for students like me. More...