British authorities issued a record fine against one of the country’s universities on Wednesday for issues including failing to “uphold the freedom of speech and academic freedom” in a policy statement on transgender equality, an escalation in the debate over student and staff rights on campus. The Office for Students, the regulator for higher education
Last Updated:March 26, 2025, 21:16 IST Shah took a swipe at some opposition members for their demand that the university should have been named after Verghese Kurien, associated with the growth of milk cooperatives in Gujarat, saying that Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel was a Congress leader who gave job to Kurien The proposed university will also
The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech. It follows the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex and gender issues. The OfS criticised
A Columbia University student is suing the Trump administration to avoid being deported after going on the run from ICE agents over her pro-Palestinian views. Yunseo Chung, 21, said that ICE are moving to have her deported from the country after she was arrested on March 5. Chung, who is also a lawful permanent resident,
Columbia University has agreed to several demands from the Trump administration after $400m (£310m) in federal funding was pulled over accusations the university failed to fight antisemitism on campus. Columbia says face masks used for the purpose of concealing identity are no longer allowed, and anyone involved in a protest must, when asked, present university
Last Updated:March 22, 2025, 08:01 IST Columbia University President, in a letter, informed that students will no longer be allowed to wear masks on campus to conceal their identity. Columbia University imposed ban on wearing masks (Credits: Getty image used for representation) In response to President Donald Trump’s order, Columbia University, on Friday (local time),
Former University of Pennsylvania women’s swimmer and conservative influencer Paula Scanlan is never in a giving mood when it comes to her alma mater, but she was in a joking mood when the university coincidentally came asking for a donation on the same day the Trump administration paused $175 million in its federal funding. Scanlan,
President Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The White House said it was freezing $175 million of federal funding to President Trump’s alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, citing the school’s policies on transgender athletes. The White House
A graduate student at Georgetown University who is in the US on a valid visa has been detained by immigration authorities. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, is a postdoctoral fellow studying and teaching at the prestigious Washington DC institution on a student visa. He is accused of “spreading Hamas propaganda” and having “close connections
Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridgeshire Sarah Jeynes/BBC The “Stormzy effect” has contributed to an increase in applications to Cambridge from black students across the UK, the university says Stormzy has been nominated for an honorary degree alongside one of the most decorated British female Olympians, Dame Katherine Grainger. In 2018 the musician, whose real name