Fury as royals are accused of ‘ties to slavery’: Academic who made Nazi jibe at author of controversial race report sparks new row Professor Priyamvada Gopal said that the Royal Family was a ‘white’ institution Also claimed ties to slavery and compared black author of race report to a Nazi Latest intervention after she Royals … Read more
One fifth of adults in the country’s ‘education blackspots’ have NO academic qualifications, figures reveal Over 20 per cent in Britain’s worst educational blackspots lack any qualifications Sandwell, West Mids, and Pendle, Lancs, worst in country, say official figures Across England as a whole, 7.5 per cent of adults lack academic qualifications By Josh White … Read more
Pupils in England who have lost out on significant learning time as a result of the cycle of coronavirus lockdowns should be allowed to repeat an academic year, a damning report has urged. The Education Policy Institution is calling on the government to consider allowing students to repeat a year of education, where this is supported … Read more
We are living in stressful times: no wonder so many of us have taken refuge in our gardens and in the quiet corners of our potting sheds. Can there be a more harmless, innocent diversion than gardening? We all know it’s good for body and soul and our mental health. But the green-fingered ranks of … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson’s argument for lockdown was ‘too good to be true’, says Swedish academic who accuses Imperial College London of ‘going beyond the data’ to support draconian measures Neil Ferguson co-wrote paper in June claiming restrictions cut the virus’s R-rate The first coronavirus wave subsided in Sweden without draconian measures Kristian Soltecz, of Sweden’s … Read more
It may be difficult to predict how well a student will perform academically, but a new innovation can do so just by looking at their tweets – and with more than 93 percent accuracy. A computer model trained on thousands of test scores and one million social media posts to distinguishing between high academic achievers … Read more
Long Covid could become a bigger public health issue than excess deaths, academic warns, as figures show 10 per cent of coronavirus patients suffer symptoms for more than a month after infection Survey by King’s College shows 10 per cent had Covid symptoms 30 days later Report from college shows women in 40s were most … Read more
US academic is suspended for using the Chinese word for ‘um’ because it sounded like a racial slur Greg Patton lectured on use of ‘filler words’ at University of Southern California He mentioned the Chinese expression ‘neige’ (pronounced ‘nee-gah’) He was placed on administrative leave while the university ‘review the situation’ By Caroline Graham In … Read more
A former Cambridge University research fellow who worked in a top secret government laboratory has been jailed for sending fake poison to Theresa May. Christopher Doyle, 54, was today sentenced to two years and 10 months behind bars for posting the white powder to the then prime minister in 2018 and also for making indecent … Read more
Cell engineering company Horizon Discovery Group hit by lockdown decline in academic research work The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, but makes its products in Colorado CRISPR is a gene-editing technology that could potentially cure genetic defects Horizon’s earnings fell by over 40% in April compared to the same month in 2019 By Harry Wise … Read more