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UK university courses on race and colonialism facing axe due to cuts

The Guardian Higher Education

Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history Cuts to arts and humanities subjects within higher education will have damaging implications for our understanding of race and colonialism, academics have warned.

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Starmer challenges Sunak to force Nadine Dorries out of Commons as Tory website explains how it could happen – UK politics live

The Guardian Higher Education

Article says Commons could bypass the parliamentary standards machinery after Labour leader says MP should be forced out Starmer says there is a massive mismatch between what the government is saying about how things are going well with the economy, and the lived experience of people.

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The Guardian view on 'rip-off' degrees: another low-value government intervention | Editorial

The Guardian Higher Education

Proposals to cap course numbers according to economic outcomes are inegalitarian and misguided The Conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott described one of the boons of student life as the opportunity “to look for some meaning in the things that have greatly moved mankind”.

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UK universities must ‘show leadership’ over Gaza protests, says Gillian Keegan

The Guardian Higher Education

Gillian Keegan told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that she wanted “our campuses to be a safe place where students feel welcomed, where students can express different views”. Continue reading.