UK Higher Education News

• Could young voters in Michigan hand the state to Kamala Harris? October 10, 2024
  Saginaw Valley State University has about 7,000 students – and Trump won Michigan in 2016 by only 11,000 votesSo few students wanted to join the campus Republican party when Abigail Sefcik began studying at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) that she was rapidly voted in as its president.“The group was only four or five people. […]
  Chris McGreal in Saginaw, Michigan
• Wrinkles reveal whether elephants are left- or right-trunked, study finds October 9, 2024
  Humboldt University of Berlin research also shows Asian elephants have more wrinkles than African cousinsWhile humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its wrinkles.While, overall, the pachyderms show […]
  Nicola Davis Science correspondent
• Wanted: expedition botanist to follow in Darwin’s footsteps and look for plants October 6, 2024
  If you have a sense of adventure and know your squills from your spurges, Cambridge University Botanic Garden may have the job for youWith the promise of travel, adventure and the chance to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, applications have opened for what might be the best job in the natural world: an […]
  Donna Ferguson
• Private London college taught students by showing videos, investigation reveals October 3, 2024
  Business students at £9,250-a-year Regent College London raised series of complaints with Office for StudentsStudents at a private higher education college charging £9,250 a year were taught by staff reading out bullet points and showing videos, according to an investigation that found one tutor held an online class while appearing to be on public transport.The […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Aim for 70% tertiary education takeup by 2040, say UK university chiefs September 30, 2024
  Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants should be restoredMinisters should aim for 70% of young people to continue their education after leaving school by 2040, while tuition fees in England should be increased, according to the leaders of UK’s universities.The “blueprint for change” published by Universities UK (UUK), which represents […]
  Richard Adams Education editor