Chief medical officer to become first female Trinity College master
Prof Dame Sally Davies to step down to take up new role at Cambridge University collegeProf Dame Sally Davies is to leave her post as England’s chief medical officer...
Prevent scheme ‘fosters fear and censorship at universities’
Just Yorkshire’s report, citing interviews with Muslim students and academics, urges closure of anti-radicalisation programmeThe government’s anti-radicalisation scheme, Prevent, is instilling “fear, suspicion and censorship” on university campuses, an...
May I have a word about… the not-so insightful language of academe
When it comes to the mangling of English, political psychologists reign supremeMy beleaguered and battered Brexit brethren, I would like to bring you relief, but monumental language mangling...
Don’t back down on LGBT guidance, faith leaders urge DfE
Some faith communities have rejected draft guidance for independent schoolsMore than 50 faith leaders, education experts and rights advocates have said young LGBT people would be at increased risk...
Universities need to promote more women to professor
Women are still underrepresented in leadership positions in universities – this has to change“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” Those were the words uttered...
The Latest: Denver teachers get ready to walk out over pay
DENVER – The Latest on a possible strike by Denver teachers (all times local):4:15 p.m.Denver teachers are prepared to walk of the job for the first time in 25 years...
Award-winning teacher among staff needing charity to scrape by
Teacher poverty is now so acute that the Victorian charity helping them is running on its reservesIt was winning a national Teaching Award and getting a pay rise in recognition...
Breakthrough for NHS as hundreds more men study nursing
Numbers of males – especially school-leavers – wanting to get on college courses are the highest in a decadeThe NHS has seen a significant rise in the number of men applying...
Mental health: the students who helped themselves when help was too slow coming
With conventional services overstretched, teenagers in the Cumbria coastal town of Maryport teamed up to assist their peersLast year, Molly Robinson, 15, was struggling to cope with the...
Universities can work with businesses to regenerate left-behind Britain
Universities are propping up their local economies, but they need government support to do even moreThe austerity agenda has had severe consequences for local communities, as this week’s...
