Since the Guardian began an investigation into sexual harassment in universities, there has been growing criticism that many institutions remain complacent about the scale of the problem. More...
Universities must tackle racism and not wait until incidents blow up on social media to act, according to student union officers and lecturers who say that a recent spate in racist incidents reported online is just the tip of the iceberg. More...
Students at the University of Exeter are calling for urgent changes after a spate of racist incidents, which they say are happening on campus and within student societies. More...
The proportion of schools with 50% or higher of low-impact long-term disadvantaged (most minority ethnic) pupils is 7% in London and 63% in the north. They conclude that to close the gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged groups action should focus on: pupils who are the most disadvantaged (and particularly those eligible for FSM for 90% or more of their time in schools); groups where the impact of disadvantage is high (mainly white pupils); schools where the proportion of minority ethnic pupils in the cohort is lower than 50%. More...
Academics report that “grade grubbing” (the practice of university students trying to negotiate better grades) is on the rise. Some tutors put this down to parents overpraising their children, turning them into fully fledged narcissists, who feel so precious, gifted and talented that they can’t deal with a world or a marking system that doesn’t agree with their own appraisal of themselves. More...
Britain’s universities are taking tens of millions of pounds from some of the world’s biggest defence contractors to help develop the next generation of military hardware. More...
A high-profile conference featuring only white, male speakers was nicknamed the “Stanford sausage fest”. It shows why history must improve its diversity. More...
Since the Guardian began an investigation into sexual harassment in universities, there has been growing criticism that many institutions remain complacent about the scale of the problem. More...
An undergraduate student tells of how a lecturer she worked for harassed her via social media. More...
The University of Warwick is to announce a radical series of collaborations with universities in Paris and Brussels in which the three institutions will share staff and research efforts, as well as offering joint degrees in an unprecedented attempt to overcome the effects of Brexit. More...
Dans une dizaine d’universités, des blocages sont venus pénaliser le fonctionnement du service public pour protester contre la réforme de l’admission à l’université. Mais très vite, les revendications se sont éloignées du leur cause initiale pour dénoncer pêle-mêle les atteintes au statut de cheminot, la situation du peuple kurde, l’expulsion des zadistes de Notre Dame des Landes… ou même réclamer l’abolition du capitalisme.
Au final, la loi ORE est nécessaire mais reste pour l’instant insuffisante. Mettre fin à l’arbitraire du tirage au sort représente en soi un progrès, à condition que tous les néo-bacheliers de France aient cette fois accès à la formation souhaitée lors de leurs vœux. Il faudrait donc patienter jusqu’à septembre pour savoir si Parcoursup tient réellement ses promesses. Plus...