UK Higher Education News

• Bad Education by Matt Goodwin review – a lapsed liberal’s war on ‘woke’ lecture January 20, 2025
  The former politics professor is right to defend free speech in our higher education system, but his argument is undermined by his hysterical tone and lack of nuanceMatt Goodwin is a former professor of politics at the University of Kent who took voluntary severance last year, following a series of controversial posts after the Stockport […]
  Andrew Anthony
• Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial January 20, 2025
  Devices may have potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD and epilepsyA groundbreaking NHS trial will attempt to boost patients’ mood using a brain-computer-interface that directly alters brain activity using ultrasound.The device, which is designed to be implanted beneath the skull but outside the brain, maps activity and delivers targeted pulses […]
  Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
• University degree still best for young Britons’ life chances, says former minister January 20, 2025
  In research paper for King’s College London, former Tory minister David Willetts hits back at critics who say degree is no longer a wise investmentA university degree is still the best route for the UK’s young people to boost their life chances, despite attacks by “edu-sceptics” over debts and costs, according to a former Conservative […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes January 17, 2025
  Negative stereotypes linked to some accents raise serious concerns of bias in justice system, warn researchersResearchers have said a study that found people who speak with accents perceived as working class are more likely to be suspected of committing a crime raises “serious concerns” about bias in the UK criminal justice system.People with accents from […]
  Jamie Grierson
• Ministers to revise university freedom of speech legislation January 15, 2025
  Contentious liability clause that could have exposed institutions to being sued by Holocaust deniers is scrappedThe government is to overhaul legislation imposing free speech duties on higher education in England, scrapping a controversial civil liability that potentially exposed universities to being sued by Holocaust deniers.Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, told parliament that while the government […]
  Richard Adams Education editor