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UK universities accused of favouring foreign students over better-qualified UK applicants

Posted: January 28, 2024 at 9:18 pm   /   Top Stories

Accusations arise against top UK universities, alleging a bias towards admitting foreign students with lower exam scores over better-qualified UK applicants. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Bids to stifle freedom of speech in UK universities hurt the ‘most vulnerable’

Posted: October 8, 2023 at 10:18 pm   /   Top Stories

There are “persistent and widespread concerns” that many in higher education are being silenced, “either by the activity of the university or by its inactivity”, a new freedom-of-speech champion for UK universities claims. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Woke war: University censorship is fictionalising history, rages Universities Minister

Posted: February 28, 2021 at 9:13 am   /   Entertainment

UNIVERSITY censorship is fictionalising history, Universities Minister Michelle Donelan warned. But her comments have sparked a furious backlash. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Coronavirus reveal: How will UK universities be impacted?

Posted: June 6, 2020 at 10:18 pm   /   Top Stories

UNIVERSITIES across the UK are asking their students whether they’d like to defer entry by a term or stay at home and work online. Daily Express :: News Feed

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UK universities join the NHS in efforts to meet coronavirus testing target

Posted: April 26, 2020 at 10:20 pm   /   Top Stories

SCIENTISTS at King’s College London will be helping the NHS tackle the coronavirus pandemic at a new diagnostics lab especially set up for analysing thousands of swab tests. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Coronavirus could mean UK universities ‘take massive hit’ with students unwilling to pay

Posted: March 26, 2020 at 10:19 pm   /   Entertainment

THE coronavirus epidemic could force UK universities to scrap tutition fees with students unwilling to pay for courses with no face-to-face contact. Daily Express :: News Feed

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Colleges, Universities Examining Gender Pronouns on Campus

Posted: August 4, 2016 at 5:22 pm   /   Education

(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) As the number of individuals who identify as someone more complex than male or female continues to increase across the country, traditional gender-based pronouns “he” and “she” are being updated at several US universities. While some of these individuals identify as transgender – having been born as one gender but now identifying as another […]

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Gender Gap in UK Universities Grows as Women Outpace Men

Posted: May 31, 2016 at 5:20 am   /   Education

(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) According to a report entitled “Boys to Men: The Underachievement of Young Men in Higher Education and How to Start Tackling It,” the gender gap in the United Kingdom’s universities is widening in favor of women. Research by the Higher Education Policy Institute found that the British men are less likely […]

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Universities Australia Pressures Gov’t for Higher Education Funding

Posted: March 13, 2016 at 5:28 pm   /   Education

The peak body that represents the higher education sector in Australia says that the issue surrounding future funding for universities needs to be addressed before the federal election this year, adding that no other industry would put up with the uncertainty and absence of policy that universities have had to endure. The chair of Universities Australia is expected […]

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Student’s Suicide Sparks Protests at Indian Universities

Posted: January 25, 2016 at 5:21 am   /   Education

The suicide of a 26-year-old doctoral researcher at Hyderabad Central University this last week was followed by massive protests over the continuing caste stratification in Indian society. Thousands of students boycotted their lectures and held a sit-in in the university, demanding the resignation of the University’s vice chancellor. The demonstrators received intensive support from students from […]

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