News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Universities are in the midst of a financial crisis, with a dramatic drop in demand leading to the closure of arts and humanities degrees across England.
Stunt protest is very much like contemporary art: incomprehensible until one reads the label. If only the protestors would take their hammers, chisels and glue to the exhibits at the Tate Modern, says James Alexander.
Shameful scenes of pro-Palestine supporters chanting the genocidal slogan 'From the river to the sea' and inciting an 'intifada' have sprung up at universities across the country.
A recent study of deaths in U.S. students appears to show a declining rate of sudden cardiac deaths. Dr. Clare Craig looks at why the results are not all they seem.
Young people in the workplace don't have the skills to debate, disagree and work alongside people with different opinions, and lockdowns are to blame, Channel 4's Chief Executive has said.
There is an aspect of higher education that one never hears spoken – the cost of frittering away the productive working time of the young, an invisible drain on our society far larger than the direct costs of education.
It's time, says Aditya A, to crack down on graduate visas to Indian students not at the top universities. "Allowing them to come even though they take Mickey Mouse degrees and are not here to study anyway is perilous."
Grade inflation is rampant at universities, a consequence of replacing the pursuit of excellence with the pursuit of league table rankings linked to pass rates.
Child clinical psychologist Dr Zenobia Storah reviews the desperate accounts of life during the Covid lockdowns for young people and the appalling legacy for their mental health.
"The over-emphasis on diversity within education feels degrading. I am no longer a student with individual hopes, interests and motivations; I am now just mixed-race" – a college student speaks out.
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