Tag: University

History lecturers at the University of Liverpool have been told to teach that whiteness and heterosexuality are a problem in new guidance sent to staff.

A crackdown on censorship at U.K. universities is about to begin as the Government's free speech Tsar gets to work bringing in a new complaints system and guidance, backed up by law.

Who would have believed we'd still be talking about Covid vaccine mandates in 2024, but given how resistant authority figures are to accepting reality it seems likely we'll be talking about them forever, says Ian Miller.

U.K. universities lead the world in spin, says Dr. Roger Watson, who describes some of the most egregious examples from his 30-year university teaching career.

What does the First Amendment require for free speech at American public universities? Harvard law expert Cass R. Sunstein wades into the debate, with some perhaps surprising outcomes.

Identity politics has corrupted academic disciplines, says Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, and the arrival of an 'Afrochemistry' course at a U.S. university shows that even the hard sciences are not immune.

Universities and libraries are hastening the demise of print media – and Covid is still the excuse, says Aditya A. If you ask for a print newspaper they look at you as if there's something wrong with you.

The Associated Press worries that Claudine Gay's resignation will lead to plagiarism being weaponised by conservatives against Left-wing academics. Why, is that because they're all plagiarists, asks Eugyppius.

Bristol University has axed the National Anthem from its graduation ceremonies with some students claiming it is "old-fashioned" and "offensive to some".

Last week Queensland University of Technology announced that it was removing all references to ‘merit’ from its hiring policy. It's symptomatic of a decaying West, says Dr James Allan.