Claire Eady is calling for new regulations after losing her elderly mother in a crash.

Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement

Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration.

Khalidi made the announcement in an open letter to...

The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

Dear Acting President Shipman,

I am writing you an open letter since you have seen fit to communicate the recent decisions of the Board of Trustees and the administration in a similar fashion.

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Exclusive: Confucius Institutes, partnerships between UK and Chinese universities, funded by the Chinese state, offer Mandarin classes and promote cultural events

Confucius Institutes at universities across England are under threat from new free speech rules, setting off urgent talks between ministers, vice-chancellors and regulators over the fate of the China-backed language and culture...

Maintenance loans have also gone up, meaning students can borrow more to help with living costs.

Tuition fees are rising in England and Wales, increasing the amount of debt graduates will have.

Some social media influencers are pushing products to young gym-goers and students, health experts warn.

The party says an 8% profit cap is needed to stop money meant going “into the pockets of shareholders”.

The physical test, which included a one-mile run, sit-ups, pull-ups and push-ups, was suspended 12 years ago

Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to bring back the presidential fitness test, a series of physical tests for schoolchildren in the US that was in place for decades but suspended 12 years ago to focus less on competition and more on healthy lifestyles.

Trump plans to...

Inner-city FSM pupils in capital also twice as likely to gain places at selective universities as counterparts elsewhere

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Young people from deprived families in inner London are going to university at a greater rate than children in other parts of England, even as enthusiasm for higher education has levelled off nationally.

More than 50% of inner London’s...

Ivy League school will commit to nondiscrimination in admissions and campus programs, and grant officials access to data

Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration that will reinstate nearly $50m in research funding and close several federal investigations into the institution, university president Christina Paxson announced in a campus-wide email on Wednesday.

The...

Ruling dashes hopes of campaigners who argue booths are stressful and stigmatising for pupils

The high court has upheld the use of isolation booths by schools in England, dashing the hopes of campaigners who argue they are stressful and stigmatising for pupils.

A judge turned down an application for a judicial review of the use of isolation booths at a secondary school in Leeds, noting that...

Founded in London in 1972, the Sylvia Young theatre school helped shape careers of singers and actors from Amy Winehouse to Billie Piper and Nicholas Hoult

Sylvia Young – the founder of a theatre school, which taught the likes of singer Amy Winehouse, EastEnders actor Adam Woodyatt and James Bond star Lashana Lynch – has been hailed as a “true visionary” after she died age 86.

Her daughters...

Tool gives guidance rather than serving up complete essays or answers, amid rising AI misuse at universities

ChatGPT is launching a “study mode” to encourage responsible academic use of the chatbot, amid rising cases of misuse of artificial intelligence tools at universities.

The feature, which can be accessed via the chatbot’s tools button, can walk users through complex subjects in a...

Jason Harrison is banned from teaching for life by a misconduct panel for the Sheffield incident.

In today’s newsletter: What a landmark inquiry into the university’s slavery connections found – and what the institution is going to do about it

Good morning. I’m Phoebe Weston, and I’ll be bringing you First Edition alongside Aamna this summer. If there is anything you would like to see covered over the coming weeks, please hit reply and send us your suggestions.

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Institution has said it is reviewing its support for IHRA’s definition as critics argue it restricts freedom of speech

Jewish leaders have urged the University of Edinburgh to uphold a controversial definition of antisemitism after the institution revealed it was reviewing its support for it.

The university said on Sunday it could unadopt the internationally recognised definition written by the...

Prof Tommy J Curry reflects on leading the institute’s slavery review – and why it must lead to meaningful action

For Tommy J Curry the question about Edinburgh University’s institutional racism, or its debts around transatlantic slavery and scientific racism, can be captured by one simple fact: he is the first Black philosophy professor in its 440-year history.

As the Louisiana-born academic...

In 2024, the Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year was ‘brain rot’. The term relates to the supposedly negative effects of consuming social media content, but it struck a chord more widely with many who feel they don’t have the mental capacity they once had.

Gloria Mark, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, has been studying our waning attention...

Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber were both studying in Nottingham when they were killed.

Facing up to the past is crucial. But the real challenge for institutions and the societies they are part of is to act in ways informed by new knowledge

The British campaign against slavery and the slave trade has long been recognised as an inspiration for later social movements. But for centuries, the brutality inflicted on the millions of African people who were bought and sold into chattel...