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The Universities minister, Michelle Donelan, has told Vice-Chancellors that they must not just protect, but must actively promote freedom of speech. She further warned them, “not to be on the wrong side of history.” Campus chiefs will no longer...
House prices have hit a fresh high amid a rush to buy ahead of rising mortgage costs, jumping by nearly £6,000 in a single month. According to the property website Rightmove, the average British home is now worth £354,564...
Hundreds of students will have their qualification as solicitors delayed following the regulator’s quiet announcement that they will not be able to take both parts of the professional exam this year. The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority)...
A professor has won £15,000 after a tribunal ruled she was unfairly dismissed after being accused of treating a pair of students as slaves. She had asked the individuals to work in her garden, redecorate her home, and shop for her...
A leading neurosurgeon has suggested the UK should, “carry out the experiment” of assisted dying to see if it will be abused. Dr Henry Marsh told a debate that the way to allay concerns about the risks of assisted dying was by making it...
Peers have called for a change in the law arguing that transgender prisoners, who identify as female, and have been convicted of sexual offences, should be housed in male estates. Campaigners and peers have said the move will help protect...
New records show that the number of university staff earning more than £100,000 has topped 6,000 for the first time. The Office for Students (OfS) revealed that the number of staff on six-figure salaries has risen by more than 600 for...
After learning that students were being treated as medical guinea pigs, a victim of the infected-blood scandal is suing the school where he contracted both HIV and hepatitis C. Fifty-six-year-old Gary Webster is taking the action against the Lord Mayor...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an evangelical Christian fostering agency must allow homosexual couples to adopt. Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Service brought legal action against Ofsted after the agency’s rating was downgraded...
An expert says that we should “just accept that females are cleverer” as girls are set to increase their lead over male peers in GCSE results. In the middle of August half a million teenagers received their results based on teachers’...
