“5G is coming.” We’ve heard it repeated by telecom giants and smartphone OEMs for years now. The fifth-generation network promises lightning fast download speeds, an IoT revolution, and rapid streaming with essentially zero latency,…
‘Students want to confront it’: academics on how…
Students have been calling for decolonised curriculums for years, yet few UK universities have made meaningful changesThe Black Lives Matter movement has turned up the pressure on all areas of UK society to confront its…
Universities must do more for black students, warns…
Data shows wide variations in attainment levels in England while students with mental health issues are more likely to drop outUniversities in England have been warned they need to improve their treatment of students, after…
It’s not banter, it’s racism: UK students accuse…
Statements supporting Black Lives Matter are meaningless without action over racist incidents, students sayAs one of six black medical students in a cohort of 150 at Aberdeen University, Jessica Eze, a Londoner, says it is…
BAME students make up one-fifth of new Oxford…
Figure represents rise of almost 50% on 2014 but 12 colleges accepted five or fewer black pupils between 2017 and 2019, report revealsOne in five British undergraduates who won a place to study at the…
University and Arts Council in drive to re-brand…
Shape campaign, led by the London School of Economics, will encourage more young people to choose arts, humanities and social sciences A national fight to restore the balance between rival academic disciplines and give back…
Students estranged from their families could end up…
The government must provide extra financial support for students and graduates who don’t have family to help them outAs the Covid-19 crisis took hold of the nation, there was a mass exodus of students from…
If universities struggle financially, BAME academics will lose…
BAME academics’ jobs tend to be less secure, but losing them would send universities backwards One of universities’ chief successes over the past 20 years has been the increase in black, Asian and minority ethnic…
Lecturer and student relationships matter even more online…
Teaching students online isn’t about pontificating on a stage, it’s about developing meaningful relationships In a matter of weeks, universities have changed how we teach in at least one important way: we’re now online. It is…