This week’s pay and pensions strike is important – but so is the impact of the hostile environment on international colleagues. More...
Universities have driven their workers into the ground. That’s why I’m striking
Our eight days of action are in response to a marketised sector that has prioritised profit over the welfare of staff and students. More...
Poor careers advice at university hits minority students hardest
When black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) students come to my careers consultancy, it means they haven’t been hearing the right things from their uni. One student told me he didn’t feel his white careers advisors could relate to his experience of life as a young black male. More...
Landmarks in law: the Brexit court ruling that thwarted Boris Johnson
By declaring the prorogation of parliament to be unlawful, the Supreme Court made a decision with huge legal consequences. More...
I'm striking because insecure academic contracts are ruining my mental health
This week, staff in 60 universities across the UK have been on an eight-day strike over pensions, pay and employment conditions. This has included growing casualisation in universities – which, as a researcher employed on a fixed-term contract, is my life. More...
Students protest against Liverpool university's claim that support for strike is 'unlawful'
Hundreds of thousands of students join global climate strikes
Hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets from Manila to Copenhagen as part of the latest student climate strikes to demand radical action on the unfolding ecological emergency. More...
The manhandling of a blind man shows the Oxford Union still has a race problem
The debating society felt like a hostile environment when I was studying at the university. Shockingly, it still is. More...
Oxford Union president steps down in wake of blind student row
The president of the Oxford Union has bowed to pressure to resign after a blind student was dragged by his ankles from a debate event by a security guard. More...
Prince Andrew: the companies and colleges cutting ties with Duke of York
A number of businesses, charities and educational organisations are severing or reconsidering their ties with Prince Andrew.
BT said on Wednesday it would no longer work with iDEA – the Duke of York Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award – while the duke was a patron of the scheme. More...