Universities should be open to changing their teaching models, and should keep student vulnerability in mind when designing courses during the pandemic.
University students and staff alike reported feeling like they cannot speak their mind due to concerns about the government’s Prevent strategy.
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A nationwide report on Islamophobia on campus reveals that friendships between those of different backgrounds is most effective at dispelling racist views.
The gradual withdrawal of state support for universities has been the largest, and quietest, privatisation in UK history, and most people don’t even know about it.
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Why a recent report, backed by university staff, argues that institutions should start offering students places after they’ve received their A-level results.
Restrictive immigration policies make it difficult for overseas students to stay on and get jobs after their degrees.
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Robert Ralphs, Manchester Metropolitan University; Mike Salinas, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Rebecca Askew, Manchester Metropolitan University
Students used to take drugs to get high, now they are using them to get better grades.
A strike around a specific employment issue can easily develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
England has one of the most expensive systems of university tuition in the world.
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Local residents of St Andrews feel university growth has come at too high a cost – it’s time for local councils and universities to overcome the divide between town and gown.
David Willetts, who now sits in the House of Lords, was the former minister for universities in the coalition government.
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As a minister in the coalition government, Willetts introduced £9,000 tuition fees. In an interview as he publishes a new book, he says the system is well-designed and fair.