Tag: Students

The mass expansion of UK universities since Tony Blair has been a disaster for higher education, says Professor Roger Watson. A new paper makes some sensible proposals for how to fix it.

Jewish students are being shunned by antisemitic housemates as anti-Jewish prejudice is "normalised" on campus with a fifth of students saying they would be reluctant to share a flat with Jews, a report has claimed.

When Free Speech Union External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw gave a talk at UCL on Tuesday about the transgender attack on free speech, she found herself, with no hint or irony, confronted by an angry mob.

Students in Manchester have attended a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with one handwritten sign reading: "You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an ideology."

Rachel Reeves stands to rake in almost £40 billion from interest on student loans before the end of this Parliament, official forecasts have revealed.

A further 36 universities face legal action from more than 170,000 current and former students, who say they did not receive the full education they paid for during Covid.

Britain's students have been betrayed, says Guy de la Bédoyère. Tens of thousands in debt to achieve worthless degrees with grades inflated by greedy universities – and no job prospects in sight.

Gazan students coming to Britain will be allowed to bring their families in a reversal of Government policy as 17 more arrived this week.

Hundreds of pro-Palestine students chanted "from the river to the sea" – an antisemitic slogan calling for the destruction of Israel – during protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's October 7th attacks.

Students with links to Oxford University have mocked the assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.