4 d. ago Texas becomes latest state to push for political control over ‘woke’ universities

The legislation marks the latest effort among Republican-led states to reshape higher education institutions

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8 d. ago Queen Margaret University named Higher Education Institute of the Year at Herald Awards 2025

Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh has been crowned Higher Education Institute of the Year at the prestigious Herald Higher Education Awards 2025, held in Glasgow on 29th May 2025. Coming in QMU’s 150th anniversary year, this accolade celebrates the institution’s enduring commitment to academic excellence, community engagement, inclusion, innovation and student support.

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9 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Harvard students celebrate graduating amid a legal battle with the White House

America's oldest and wealthiest school, Harvard University, held its commencement Thursday. The ceremony, attended by thousands of people, came as the university takes the lead on defying the White House in federal court to defend higher education.

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9 d. ago Special Tony for educators goes to NYC high school teacher who urges students to 'step out the box'

The special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a New York public high school teacher who shows how theater skills can apply to a career in the arts and also far away from it

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1 week ago Goldsmiths to make more cuts after ‘critical’ policy changes

Goldsmiths to make more cuts after ‘critical’ policy changes  Times Higher Education

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1 week ago Democrats argue they should be trying to win back middle America by using less ‘elite, highly educated’ catchphrases

‘Democrats have begun to speak like professors and started using advocacy-speak that was meant to reduce stigma,’ Kentucky governor says

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2 w. ago Most AAPI adults oppose college funding cuts and student deportations, a new poll finds

A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds that as colleges and universities pull back on diversity practices, young Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are overwhelmingly against cutting federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education, and deporting students involved in protest activity on campus

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3 w. ago Journalism rallies down stretch for sensational win in 150th Preakness

Pre-race favorite Journalism wins Preakness at PimlicoRispoli is first Italian jockey to win a Triple Crown racePreakness moves to Laurel Park next year amid rebuildJournalism surged from behind to win the 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday, capturing the middle jewel of the Triple Crown in the final race before Pimlico Race Course is demolished and rebuilt.Trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Journalism left things late before fulfilling his status as the 8-5 morning-line favorite, bursting through a gap and accelerating past the half of the field over a thrilling stretch run to claim victory. The win marked McCarthy’s second Preakness triumph and Rispoli’s first Triple Crown victory, making him the first Italian jockey to secure a win in one of America’s marquee races. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Set up small universities in towns to drive growth, shadow Commons leader says

Jesse Norman called for more universities across the UK in small cities and towns in the face of difficulties faced by the higher education sector.

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3 w. ago Scotland National and Higher exams 2025: When is Results Day

As exams near their end, students begin the months-long wait for results ✍

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3 w. ago Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’

Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroadIreland is to launch a scheme to poach academics and university lecturers from overseas on the basis that the Trump administration has made the US “a cold place for free thinkers and talented researchers”.The higher education minister, James Lawless, will on Tuesday seek cabinet approval for a “global talent initiative” to entice top international academics, including those seeking to leave the US or deterred from working there. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump's reshaping of higher education tests America's appeal for international students

The durability of the America's appeal for international students is facing a test under the Trump administration, which has ramped up scrutiny of student visas and moved to deport foreign students for involvement in pro-Palestinian activism

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial

The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destructionDonald Trump would like a big foreign policy win as he embarks on his tour of the Middle East this week. He could secure one – and save lives – by demanding that Israel agree to a lasting ceasefire in exchange for the release of all hostages held in Gaza. He might prefer to avoid the issue, but no other leader has the leverage to force its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to end this war. If Mr Trump instead backs Israel’s current proposals, he will put the US imprimatur on what looks like a plan of total destruction.Israel’s attacks have already killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities – the vast majority of them civilians, many of them children. Bakeries, hospitals and schools have been obliterated. Aid has been blocked for two months. Gaza faces famine. Last week, Isr...

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4 w. ago More than half of Americans tell Trump to stay away from colleges and disapprove of his higher education attacks

Targeting of universities is out of step with the wider American public, which sees such institutions as key to scientific research, new ideas, and innovation, according to new research

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4 w. ago What protests are taking place in London this weekend as UCU set to go on national rally?

UCU members will rally at Old Palace Yard this weekend as “UK higher education is on its knees”

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4 w. ago US politics live updates: majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s higher education approach, poll finds

Fifty-six percent of Americans said they disapprove of Trump’s approach to higher education, while about four in 10 express approval in new AP pollThe quote Trump is referring to from George HW Bush comes from the former president’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on 18 August 1988.And my opponent won’t rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push again. And I’ll say to them: Read my lips. No new taxes.But Bush’s mistake was that he made that anti-tax pledge in the first place and stuck to it in the first part of his presidency. His courageous 1990 reversal on fiscal policy set the stage for a decade of economic growth that eventually achieved budget surpluses.The budget deal that Bush reached with congressional Democrats in 1990 may indeed have contributed to his failure to win re-election in 1992. There is no question that the timing was terrible. The m...

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