Coronavirus: Christmas Guidance Set Out For University Students
University students will be able to travel home to spend Christmas with their families once the national restrictions end on 2 December, following steps set
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Graduates and school leavers could get left behind and have no jobs in September
British business will suffer if graduates and school leavers are unable to take up the jobs and training they were
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Religious Studies A-level entries compare well against other humanities
The number of Religious Studies A-level exam entries has declined at a lower rate than other humanities in 2020, performing
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Students paid to tackle racist language on campus
A university is to hire 20 of its own students to challenge language on campus that could be seen as
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Somerville College establishes scholarship for BAME students
Somerville College and the History Faculty of the University of Oxford are collaborating to launch a new scholarship for BAME
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Bristol University students report rise in racial ‘aggression’ on campus
Students at a prestigious university say they have experienced a rise in racial “aggression” on campus – including offensive language in
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Racism in academia has major impact on BAME staff mental health
Higher education is a battlefield and the trauma inflicted in this war of inequitable attrition can leave lasting effects that
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University College London students demand removal of Black Watch officer’s statue due to its links to ‘racially prejudiced policies’ of British colonial rule
UCL students are calling for the removal of a Black Watch officer statue because of its links to the ‘racially
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Black students more likely to engage in studies – but still attain lower degrees, study finds
Black students are more likely to engage and participate in their university studies – and yet a larger proportion of them
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Alumni and students help save a historic black church through song
Fifteen years ago, G. Kimball Hart ’70 B.A., ’80 M.P.P.M., walked into the Austin Grove Church in Bluemont, Virginia, for
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Racial inequality in ‘danger of being accepted as fact’, think tank warns
Racial inequality is in “danger of being accepted as fact” in higher education, a think tank warns as report suggests
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Religious Studies GCSE entries fall despite popularity among pupils
The number of pupils in England and Wales taking GCSE Religious Studies full course has fallen for the third year
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Schools’ failure to meet legal requirements on Religious Education continues to impact A-level entries
The growing number of secondary schools in England and Wales that are failing to provide Religious Education to all pupils
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One in four BAME people in Britain want ‘name-blind’ university applications
More than a quarter of Bame Britons believe removing names from university applications would widen access, compared to less than a sixth of white Britons,
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Record ethnic minority students at Oxford
Oxford University’s latest admissions figures show the highest ever proportion of places for ethnic minority students – at 18%. There
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