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More than 60,000 students have applied to study nursing as the coronavirus crisis drives tens of thousands to ‘safer’ and secure careers including medicine, engineering and architecture. Sign ups for courses in nursing surged by almost a third (32 per cent) this year to a total of 60,130 applicants, according to the Universities and Colleges … Read more
The first Indian female president of Oxford University’s students’ union has stepped down after she was accused of making ‘racist’ and ‘insensitive’ social media posts. Rashmi Samant last night announced she is withdrawing as President-Elect of the union following widespread criticism of several online posts, for which she has since apologised. In the posts, which … Read more
Cancelling cancel culture: Students and academics will be able to SUE universities for censoring free speech under planned Government crackdown Academics will be able to seek compensation for being denied free speech Gavin Williamson has unveiled plans for a ‘free speech champion’ at university Mr Williamson warned of the threat of a ‘cancel culture’ and … Read more
Every student at Margaret Thatcher’s old Oxford college was ordered to take a course in ‘unconscious bias’ to expose innate ‘racism, homophobia, transphobia and disability discrimination’. Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, principal of Somerville College, instructed students to complete the online class by this Friday, and told them they must ‘achieve a mark of 100 per … Read more
All dental students in Scotland will have to repeat a year of school after Covid prevented them getting enough training to safely qualify Pandemic has prevented students from getting vital experience in procedures Schools in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh are deferring graduations Affected students will be able to apply for a bursary up to £6,750 … Read more
Trinity College Cambridge sparks fury by cutting poor students’ bursaries in HALF while also banning them from working full or part-time in term time Trinity College Cambridge slashed bursaries for undergraduates by 50 per cent Comes after students were urged not to return to university accommodation College said members of Trinity’s Council are required to … Read more
Oxford college master apologises to Jewish students after inviting filmmaker Ken Loach to give talk despite anti-Semitism row Judith Buchanan, the head of St Peter’s College, said she was ‘truly sorry’ Mr Loach, an alumni of the college, spoke at a virtual event on Monday Filmmaker denied the accusation of anti-Semitism, branding them ‘recycled’ By … Read more
Early last summer, Jacky Lambert was listening to a news bulletin when she was struck by an idea. The story was covering the Government’s laudable plans to fund extra tutoring for state school pupils who had fallen behind with their studies – and it was clear even then that something was desperately needed. Yet Jacky … Read more
Gavin Williamson is making plans for students to return to universities in England from next month. The Education Secretary will announce on February 22 that final year students in practical degrees will go back to campus, with their peers expected to follow shortly after. But vice-chancellors say that most of their students have already been … Read more
My brilliant late father, who would have turned 100 this week had he lived, was fond of delivering mock-pompous Johnsonian pronouncements (no, not that Johnson; I mean Samuel, of dictionary fame). Three in particular stick in my mind. The first was his reaction when I passed my 11-Plus, after I told him that school friends who’d … Read more