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St Andrews University comes under fire after axing only female gender studies professor and replacing her with two men Dr Alison Kerr helped set up St Andrews University’s Institute for Gender Studies But bosses have chosen not to renew her fixed-term contract after two years Thousands of students and academics have signed petition for Dr … Read more
Professor Kehinde Andrews is a controversial academic who is regularly wheeled out on TV debates to air his divisive views – including that Britain is ‘built on racism’ and that ‘everyone involved in it probably has a really racist past’. The professor of black studies at Birmingham City University has branded ‘whiteness’ a ‘psychosis’, called … Read more
There was confusion tonight about how deadly the Kent coronavirus variant really is after 10 SAGE studies came to wildly different conclusions about its lethality and the World Health Organization said it still hadn’t seen any convincing data. Boris Johnson and his science chiefs tonight made the shocking claim that the strain — called B.1.1.7 — … Read more
Stress soars among young adults and parents: Covid-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on our mental health, two new studies reveal A total of 41 per cent of 16 to 25-year-olds say they ‘always’ or ‘often’ feel down The figures increase among those who are not in work during the pandemic A separate study … Read more
Earlier this week, I noted quite how many self-help guides are very similar, their short-cuts to wisdom and happiness weirdly interchangeable. In 1952, Norman Vincent Peale wrote the best-selling self-help book The Power Of Positive Thinking, and, nearly 70 years on, it seems that everyone entering the market has to emphasise positivity. To demonstrate this, … Read more
Three new studies suggest that as many people as possible should receive at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Currently, both vaccines approved for emergency use authorization in the U.S. – from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc – require two doses administered about one month apart. But researchers from Yale University, Stanford University and the … Read more
Furry good student! Stray dog ‘attends’ a maths lecture alongside undergraduates after accidentally walking into a classroom The pug was hailed as a star student after appearing in a university in China Pictures show it sitting in the classroom alongside the students and lecturer One youngster joked the dog might be able to sit an … Read more
The former England and Leicester ace, 59, donated £200 to the student’s crowdfunding page after the Zimbabwean student appealed for funds to allow him to continue studying at Liverpool Hope University BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has donated £200 to help a refugee who’s on the brink of dropping out of university after … Read more
Adele masks up and studies script in first BTS look of her hosting debut on NBC’s Saturday Night Live By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 04:26 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 04:26 BST, 22 October 2020 15-time Grammy winner Adele masked up and studied her script at Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the first … Read more
Oxford University fellow says city’s Centre for Islamic Studies sacked him for being bisexual because it ‘did not comply with preferences’ of major Saudi backers Dr Kevin Fogg, 37, was dismissed from role at Centre for Islamic Studies in 2018 Argues that his sexual orientation was against preferences of centre’s trustees Dr Fogg will face the … Read more