Yesterday I wrote a round-up of bad news for Columbia University. One of the four stories I mentioned was the hack of Columbia’s computers which appeared to have been done by someone interested in finding out if the school was still using race as a factor in admissions decisions. The alleged hacker, speaking via text...
Columbia University is still struggling to get back the $400 million in research money that the Trump administration cut. While that effort is ongoing behind the scenes the school continues to get bad news. In fact, there are at least four separate stories out in the past 24 hours about distinct categories of bad news...
A university lecturer who was murdered has been awarded a posthumous PhD. Claire Chick was stabbed to death in January by her estranged husband, who was jailed for 27 years. Hundreds gathered to mourn the 48-year-old, who was also a former nurse, at a candlelit vigil at Plymouth Hoe, with her partner saying “she cared...
Aimee Dexter BBC News, Cambridgeshire PA Media The rapper took a selfie with students after receiving his degree from Cambridge University Stormzy has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge for his work helping black students get into higher education. The 31-year-old received a Doctorate in Law for his “transformative” scholarship programme,...
Thomas Edsall is a NY Times columnist who I’ve come to see as the doomiest of doomscrollers. His columns almost never contain any good news for anyone. What they do often contain is a lot of hot takes from university professors around the country and today’s installment is no exception. What makes this intersting (to...
Beth Alaw Williams BBC News Caitlin Morgan describes the emotions of an 18-month job hunting journey after graduating from Swansea University After applying for more than 600 jobs, university graduate Caitlin Morgan almost felt like giving up hope of finding employment. Just as she was becoming demotivated, the 23-year-old’s persistence was rewarded as she was...
The Trump Administration lost in court today. A judge blocked their efforts to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued the preliminary injunction after having granted a temporary restraining order against the federal government this month. The injunction holds that the administration is blocked from yanking Harvard’s Student and...
Two people are dead after a rockfall struck several hikers in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. One has been identified by the University of Alberta as retired professor Jutta Hinrichs, who was found on Thursday. The second was recovered on Friday, according to Parks Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Another...
Douglas Fraser Business/economy editor, Scotland Graeme Ogston Tayside and Central reporter University of Dundee The current principal – Prof Shane O’Neill – was criticised in the report The principal of Dundee University and two senior members of its governing body have quit after a damning report into the financial collapse that led to a £22m...
Getty Images Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university, according to the man in charge of ensuring free speech on campuses. Arif Ahmed, from the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates universities, told the BBC that exposure to views which students might find offensive was “part of the process of education”....
An investigation by the Guardian found that UK college students have been caught cheating using AI at much higher rates than in the past. There are thousands of known cases and it’s possible these are just the tip of the iceberg. A survey of academic integrity violations found almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating using...
A university has said staff and students are going through a “deeply difficult time” after the death of a skydiver in Devon. Skydiving instructor and chiropractic student Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, was one of two who died in a tandem jump at Dunkeswell Aerodrome near Honiton on Friday. Prof Lesley Haig, vice-chancellor of Health...
Last week a grad student named Naomi Epps Best came forward to describe how the curriculum at Santa Clara University where she is pursuing a masters in Marriage and Family Counseling had been taken over by critical theory. Her story was published by the Wall Street Journal. I’m a graduate student in marriage and family...
“Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they’re … in sync with the administration,” she said. Universities should ensure that their research output is “in sync” with Trump administration goals in order to keep their federal funding, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said on Wednesday, as scientists across the U.S....
Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra is moving to Australia for her university studies, enrolling in a degree programme at the University of Sydney. Alexandra, who is second in line to Norway’s throne, will join her classmates from August and will study “international relations and political economy,” Norway’s royal household said. The 21-year-old will study full-time and...