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Merged institution will become second largest mainstream university in UK with about 47,000 students
King’s College London has agreed to merge with Cranfield University, creating a new UK “super-university” that would rival many of its international competitors in size and research output.
The merger would result in King’s taking on another 5,000 mainly postgraduate students and becoming the...
Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperform
Chief executives who attended private school are perceived as a “safer bet” by investors, according to a study, despite there being no evidence they perform or behave differently to their state-educated counterparts.
Companies run by privately educated bosses tend...
[Daily Maverick] What is required, if the unqualified and immediately realisable right to basic education is to be safeguarded, is not simply better ad hoc responses to extreme weather events but a shift towards a basic education system that is intentionally designed to withstand them.
Humanities students made their displeasure known at the University of Central Florida.
A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.
[This Day] Abuja — The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has disclosed that four out of the six proposed multi-purpose zonal laboratories across Nigeria would be fully equipped and operational before 2027 as part of efforts to strengthen research and industrial development in the country.
[SNA] Kazan, May 13, 2026 (SUNA) – Sudan has called on the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) to expand its support programmes in education, culture, and heritage protection, amid the ongoing war in the country since April 2023.
Past meetings between the presidents of the U.S. and China have involved friendly displays of cultural exchange. Those gestures have largely dried up.
St John the Divine, Kennington has built one of UK’s largest youth choral programmes in area marked by deprivation
St Paul’s Cathedral school, one of the UK’s most prestigious private schools, has long been associated with the musical elite. So was seven-year-old N’raeah, from south London, nervous about auditioning for its internationally renowned choir?
“No,” she said, beaming....
Jonathan Haidt, a professor, says that colleges shield students from challenging ideas. But student leaders said he does not represent their values.
The home-sharing company has largely been shut out in the city, but it is fighting back and trying to get Black homeowners on its side.
The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
Catherine will visit Reggio Emilia, an Italian city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education.
Catherine will visit Reggio Emilia, an Italian city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education.
Anil Kochhar hopes textile graduates of North Carolina State can leave with ‘greater freedom to pursue goals’
Anil Kochhar, a North Carolina State University donor, gave graduates of the school’s Wilson College of Textiles a lot more than just words of wisdom when he delivered their keynote commencement address recently.
The Indian American entrepreneur also announced that he would pay off any...
Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts
Thousands of staff at the University of Nottingham have been told to prepare for redundancy as part of swingeing financial cuts that academics say will harm the institution’s future.
The university’s administration sent letters to 2,700 staff on Tuesday, notifying them their role was...
Deal was expected by end of month but talks hit buffers over cap on number of people entering UK and tuition fees
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Significant gaps remain in negotiations on the reset in relations between the UK and the EU despite Keir Starmer’s latest pledge to put Britain “at the heart of Europe” after last week’s election drubbing.
The UK wants...
Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid didn’t have female mentors. They founded Luna Composition Lab so young composers would.
In “AI for Good,” Josh Tyrangiel talks to the classrooms, hospitals and research labs where people are using artificial intelligence that might benefit society.
Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data.
Free child care is one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top goals. Now the Bezos Foundation is giving Robin Hood, a favorite philanthropy of wealthy New Yorkers, big money for early childhood education.