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University accepts it did not make adjustments for her illness as a form of disabilityWarwick University has agreed to pay a student who is seriously ill with cancer £12,000 in damages for the “distress and inconvenience” caused by not allowing her to …
Staff in undeclared relationships involving romance, sex or financial dependency liable for dismissal under regulator’s plansUniversities and colleges in England should require “personal relationships” between staff and students to be declared, with st…
Education secretary says UK ‘should be very proud of’ university sector, amid briefings with Suella BravermanGillian Keegan has signalled that she disagrees with the Home Office’s plan to cut migration by targeting overseas students, adding the financi…
Black Mountains College in Wales aims to prepare students for life during a planetary emergencyThe lecture theatre was once a cowshed, the study centre is an old farmhouse living room and the classrooms are mostly outdoors: welcome to the newest higher…
Social Mobility Commission says students should be informed of ‘earnings implications’ of course choicesStudents should be given more details about how the courses they study after leaving school might affect their employment prospects, it has been sug…
‘There’s a real compounding perfect storm of factors right now that could increase the risks,’ lead researcher saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInternational student deaths by suicide will continue if gaps in…
Government declines to act on call for legal duty of care for all students after death of Natasha Abrahart in 2018The parents of Natasha Abrahart, who took her own life while studying at the University of Bristol, have reacted with “absolute horror” to…
Raising maintenance loans by only 2.8% means students will have to cut back on food and books, says reportThe Department for Education has admitted students in England face a “negative impact” from its refusal to increase support in line with inflation…
University leaders fear billions being lost as a result of battles within government over immigration policyVice-chancellors fear billions of pounds could be lost because of new restrictions on international students, the result of internal government …
University had paid some postgraduate researchers less than minimum wageOne of England’s most prestigious universities has been forced to increase the pay of some of its PhD students after it was found to have paid them an annual sum that effectively m…