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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
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s highest paid university boss who was found guilty of bullying in a secret investigation will stand down from £554k role when her contract expires Prof Alice Gast was found to have bullied a colleague at Imperial College London Under pressure from students she apologised for behaviour but refused to quit Staff have criticised … Read more
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
A coroner has called for Oxford University to overhaul its drugs policy after a gifted physics student died from an overdose. Daniel Mervis, 23, from Finchley in north London, died in October 2019, after a ‘battle with drug misuse that began whilst studying at Oxford’s St John’s College’. An inquest was told that the college … Read more
Cambridge University ‘received “generous gift” from Chinese software giant with links to country’s spy agency’ to fund engineering fellowship Cambridge University has followed Oxford in being linked with China’s Tencent Software firm with links to China’s communist regime gave ‘gift’ to the university The ‘generous gift’ helped Cambridge to fund research into quantum computers By … Read more
Police have raided an ‘absolutely ridiculous’ house party as 30 revellers breached coronavirus restrictions for a birthday bash. Officers were called to Ormskirk in Lancashire at 2.45am on Sunday to break up the rave allegedly hosted by ‘bored’ Edge Hill University students. Some escaped by climbing out a window but the organiser – a 20-year-old woman … Read more
Cambridge University warns teenagers they could WITHDRAW offers of places after adding ‘over-subscription’ clause following exams chaos last summer Cambridge University has added ‘oversubscription’ clause to admissions policy Offers could be withdrawn if too many students meet their entrance criteria Comes after exam grading fiasco led to record number of A-Level pupils achieving good grades … Read more
An Anglo-Saxon burial ground has been discovered on a plot of land earmarked to become University of Cambridge accommodation. Excavations at the site revealed more than 60 graves which date back to a similar period as the famed Sutton Hoo site, around 400-650AD. Many of the newly-discovered burials contain grave goods such as bronze brooches, … Read more
An Anglo-Saxon burial ground has been discovered on a plot of land earmarked to become University of Cambridge accommodation. Excavations at the site revealed more than 60 graves which date back to a similar period as the famed Sutton Hoo site, around 400-650AD. Many of the newly-discovered burials contain grave goods such as bronze brooches, … Read more
Poor white teenagers in Britain’s ‘left behind’ ex-industrial and coastal towns are least likely group to go to university, watchdog warns They made up 90% of those in the bottom fifth of people likely to go to university Office for Students suggests more belief in equality of opportunity in big cities Decline of local institutions … Read more