90 m. ago Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders, cancel classes after receiving threats

At least six historically Black colleges and universities received threats or “potential” threats Thursday, prompting lockdowns and class cancellations

Events

5 h. ago Multiple American colleges and universities on lockdown over 'terrorist threats'

The threats to historically black colleges and universities came just hours after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during an event at a university in Utah

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11 h. ago NHS urges thousands in Scotland to complete health check 'as soon as possible'

A major health board has urged thousands of university and college students to take action without delay

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31 h. ago Millions could benefit from faster scan to diagnose prostate cancer – study

The scan only takes 15 to 20 minutes and could save the NHS money, researchers say.

Science

46 h. ago Murder of former Auburn professor at city park shakes community

The murder of the retired Auburn University professor at a city park has rattled the college town

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47 h. ago Thousands of Britons to receive cheap blood tests for Alzheimer's in landmark trial

Researchers from University College London will use tests to detect proteins in the blood linked to the condition and other forms of dementia.

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3 d. ago Edinburgh Uni lecturers walk out on first of five days of industrial action

The University and College Union said it is ‘taking steps’ to extend its mandate for industrial action, which expires in November.

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3 d. ago The best university for your course: From Chichester for theatre to Teesside for social work, our rankings reveal the specialist institution for your subject of choice

One university - Imperial College London - leads our institutional league table, but table-topping success is shared by 44 universities at subject level.

Culture

3 d. ago Edinburgh University lecturers begin walkout amid dispute over £140m cuts plan

The University and College Union said cutting staff would amount to ‘academic vandalism on an unprecedented scale’.

Economics

6 d. ago Dundee University faces fresh strike threat as union launches re

The University and College Union (UCU) said management have failed to rule out compulsory redundancies and point to reports which suggest 170 staff could be forced to leave.

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2 w. ago Female students to be forced to share toilets and changing rooms with biological males as top universities across the UK flout the rules

Women at University College London (pictured, file photo) have revealed the institution has continued to allow trans women to use female facilities.

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2 w. ago Daniel Dae Kim calls out ‘overcorrection’ in Hollywood when casting for Asian characters

Kim questioned the scrutiny when multiple American superheroes have been played by British actors

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2 w. ago ‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault

The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight backStudents and faculty heading back to US colleges and universities from summer break are returning to bruised institutions reeling from the Trump administration’s unprecedented campaign to bend higher education to its ideological will, and are bracing for more uncertainty ahead.At the University of Utah, the Black student union has lost its funding and campus space – one of many student groups to face the brunt of Donald Trump’s anti-diversity measures. Indiana’s public universities have cut or merged more than 400 degree programs, about one-fifth of their academic offerings, while scores of other universities have made similar cuts as their budgets are on the line. At Harvard and Columbia, certain forms of criticism of Israel will now be punishable as antisemitism. And across the country, schools will see their international student pop...

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2 w. ago Scientists call for action to address air pollution from space launches

Satellite mega-constellation missions behind threefold increase in emissions of climate-altering soot and CO2Scientists are calling for a new global regime to address air pollution caused by the space industry.Prof Eloise Marais’s team at University College London (UCL) began tracking space activities in 2020. Their latest figures reveal 259 rocket launches in 2024, and 223 launches in 2023. These burned more than 153,000 tonnes of fuel. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago University of Chattanooga shooting LIVE: Campus locked down as 'gunman on loose'

There are reports of a possible active shooter at the The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, with police racing to the college campus after gunshots were heard

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3 w. ago University of Chattanooga shooting LIVE: Students barricade doors as 'gunman on loose'

There are reports of a possible active shooter at the The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, with police racing to the college campus after gunshots were heard

Society

3 w. ago ‘Deeply concerning’: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says

Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable declineThe amount of Americans who read for pleasure has fallen by 40%, according to a new study.Researchers at the University of Florida and University College London have found that between 2003 and 2023, daily reading for reasons other than work and study fell by about 3% each year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Boys and girls should be taught about periods together in school, academics say

Mixed sessions could help male pupils understand menstruation better and support the females in their lives, a study suggests.

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3 w. ago Top universities are hoovering up more students, sparking fears lower

New analysis by Times Higher Education shows that the top third of universities recruited two-fifths of school-leavers, leaving fewer for the others.

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3 w. ago Brain drain: Top universities are hoovering up more students, sparking fears lower

New analysis by Times Higher Education shows that the top third of universities recruited two-fifths of school-leavers, leaving fewer for the others.

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