Strike ballot over ‘unnecessary’ university cuts
The University of Edinburgh is cutting £140m from its budget, which a union describes as a “manufactured crisis”.
Education
Northern Ireland’s public services ‘at risk of collapse’
Hospital waiting lists among worst in UK and children with special needs waiting a year for support, report finds
Northern Ireland’s public services, including hospitals, schools and police, are being “crippled” by lack of funding, impinging on the quality of life for many people, a report by a government committee has concluded.
The Northern Ireland select committee found patients waiting more...
Trump is targeting US universities as never before. Here are four ways to help them | Cas Mudde
Supporters in Europe can offer new opportunities and minimise the isolation. Certainly they can avoid making things worse
Universities in the US are under attack. While the Trump administration pretends to punish them for their alleged compliance with or support for “antisemitism” (ie pro-Gaza demonstrations) and “anti-white racism” (ie diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives), the...
Experts say White House’s rehoming of student loan program will put borrowers at risk
Trump announced loan program will be moved from Department of Education to Small Business Administration
The Trump administration’s rehoming of the federal student loan program is putting student borrowers at a higher risk of defaulting on their loans and may not save the government the money that it is claiming it will, experts say.
After the president vowed to dismantle the education...
Boston Faces Identity Crisis Amid Trump’s Cuts to University and Research Funding
Colleges and teaching hospitals are the cornerstones of the city’s economy — and identity. But federal funding cuts to higher education could change that.
A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump
Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.
The Public School Programs Trump Has Threatened
The Trump administration has a new directive for U.S. public schools: Cut D.E.I. programs or face federal funding cuts. Dana Goldstein, who covers education for The New York Times, describes what programs might be targeted by the directive, which is already being challenged in court.
‘Peering into the eyes of the past’: reconstruction reveals face of woman who lived before Trojan war
Digital technology reveals ‘incredibly modern’ royal who lived 3,500 years ago in kingdom associated with Helen of Troy
She lived 3,500 years ago – but facial reconstruction technology has brought a woman from late bronze age Mycenae back to life.
The woman was in her mid-30s when she was buried in a royal cemetery between the 16th and 17th centuries BC. The site was uncovered in the 1950s on...
‘If our daughter was screened at birth she could have been treated’
Sean and Emily Stock say they never want another family to face what they have had to.
Judge Permanently Bars N.I.H. From Limiting Medical Research Funding
The decision came as an initial win for a broad coalition of academic institutions that had argued the policy jeopardized ongoing research, but it set up an almost certain appeal.
Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.
These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
The office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics.
New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.
Vandalism of Muslim Prayer Room at N.Y.U. Is Investigated as Hate Crime
Graffiti was etched onto walls of the room, at a university library, and prayer mats kept there had been soaked in urine.
Judge Orders Tufts Student’s Detention Case Moved to Vermont
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was detained by ICE agents in Massachusetts, driven to Vermont and flown to a detention center in Louisiana, where the government was trying to argue her court case.
US supreme court allows Trump administration to freeze teacher-training grants
Millions in grants that would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives may be frozen following ruling
The US supreme court is letting the Trump administration temporarily freeze $65m in teacher-training grants that would promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in a 5-4 decision.
The decision came down on Friday afternoon, with five of the court’s conservatives –...
Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers
In boilerplate letters, the administration told recipients that the grants supported diversity efforts and were wasteful.
Columbia Displays More Aggressive Posture in Dealing With Demonstrators
Students chained to a gate were removed by security officials. It came as the university planned to deploy 36 officers empowered to remove people from campus.
US teacher resigns after anti-trans attacks: ‘I’m a human with the same rights as anybody else’
Rosie Sandri says she wanted to prioritize students’ safety after receiving hateful comments, including death threats
A trans teacher at a Texas high school has resigned after becoming the target of conservative backlash and online attacks.
Rosie Sandri came out as a trans woman about seven months ago. Her colleagues at Red Oak high school and the Red Oak independent school district were very...
Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety that the college will capitulate to Trump
Elite schools like Harvard weigh the costs of standing up to Trump as some, such as Princeton, signal it won’t concede
The day after the Trump administration announced a review of $9bn in federal contracts and grants with Harvard due to what it claimed was the university’s failure to combat antisemitism on campus, the university’s president, Alan Garber, sent an email to the Harvard...
We should celebrate Labour’s good news on nurseries – but it needs to be bolder | Polly Toynbee
Funding schools to set up nurseries works. Why spend more on older children, when we know spending earlier is most effective?
Despite the rampaging rogue state across the Atlantic, around the cabinet table ministers push on with their plans. Too often ignored in all this sound and fury, there is some good news. This week Bridget Phillipson awarded the first 300 primary schools funding to set up...