The gender pay gap among recent graduates is widest for those who went to Britain’s elite universities, a study has found. Men who studied at one of the selective Russell Group institutions earn on average £28,000 within 15 months of graduating, compared to £24,000 for female peers. The £4,000 salary gulf is larger than that … Read more
Mass Covid testing will be rolled out to university students so they can go home for Christmas, it was claimed today. Under the plans, due to be announced next week, large-scale asymptomatic testing centres are expected to be set up on campuses to screen all students. They will offer coronavirus swabs between November 30 and December 6. … Read more
Students who flout coronavirus restrictions should be kicked out of their universities as a ‘strong deterrent’ to others, a police chief has said. Chief Constable Craig Guildford, of Nottinghamshire Police, called for the crackdown on rule breakers after his officers were forced to hand out dozens of fines to partying undergraduates last weekend. He said … Read more
Universities brace for uproar after Government advice to ‘consider’ ditching face-to-face teaching – but banned students going home early Vice-chancellors warn looking after locked-down students like ‘supervising jails’ Cabinet Office guidance said should move to increased levels of online learning Department for Education failed to publish plan on students home for Christmas By Josh White … Read more
Universities brace for uproar after Government advice to ‘consider’ ditching face-to-face teaching – but banned students going home early Vice-chancellors warn looking after locked-down students like ‘supervising jails’ Cabinet Office guidance said should move to increased levels of online learning Department for Education failed to publish plan on students home for Christmas By Josh White … Read more
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, above, last month revealed the proposal to lockdown students for two weeks (file photo) Universities are facing a two-week lockdown before the end of term in December in a plan to save students’ Christmas. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson last month revealed the proposal to self-isolate students between 8 and 22 December. … Read more
Coronavirus outbreaks in student areas are much bigger in the universities than in the towns and cites around them, data shows. Analysis shows there are up to seven times more cases per person among certain student populations than in the public. Sheffield University reported 588 student infections in the week ending 8 October, which is … Read more
Students are branding their university accommodation ‘the UK’s most expensive prison’ as they criticise the food supplied to them in isolation. Undergraduates have branded food parcels as being filled with ‘junk’, forcing them to get their parents to send fresh fruit and vegetables. And some students have claimed that universities have forgotten to give them … Read more
Universities are coming under increasing pressure today as staff threaten walkouts and students face fines for breaching Covid guidelines.
‘Don’t hide our history away’: Museums and universities should keep statues of controversial figures, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Culture Sec. told Tory conference universities and museums should keep statues Oliver Dowden said it was a sign of weakness to seek to ‘eradicate’ history ‘Keep your monuments in place and use them to explain our … Read more