World news | The GuardianSons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/17/sons-scholars-facing-death-penalty-cambrige-judge-business-school-saudi-defence-ministry #UniversityOfCambridge #SaudiArabia #UniversityAdministration #UniversityFunding #HumanRights #HigherEducation #Education #WorldNews #UkNews
King’s College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/15/kings-college-cranfield-stronger-together-surprise-merger #UniversityMergers #KingsCollegeLondon #CranfieldUniversity #Students #UniversityFunding #HigherEducation #Universities #Education #UkNews
King’s College London to merge with Cranfield University https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/kings-college-london-to-merge-with-cranfield-university #KingsCollegeLondon #CranfieldUniversity #UniversityFunding #Research #OfficeForStudents #UniversityMergers #HigherEducation #Students #Universities #UkNews
Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/11/cambridge-university-judge-business-school-saudi-defence-ministry #UniversityOfCambridge #UniversityFunding #SaudiArabia #Universities #HigherEducation #Education #UkNews #WorldNews
The Bad PlaceThe Guardian | ‘Excessive’ financial risks threaten survival of many English universities, report warns by Sally Weale Education correspondent
High levels of borrowing and rapid expansion among dangers identified by Higher Education Policy Institute
Many English universities are taking excessive financial risks that threaten not only their own survival but that of others in the sector, a thinktank has warned.
High levels of borrowing at some institutions and rapid expansion of student numbers are among the dangers identified in a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi).
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‘Excessive’ financial risks threaten survival of many English universities, report warns https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/09/english-universities-excessive-financial-risks-survival-warns-thinktank #UniversityFunding #Universities #HigherEducation #Education #England #UkNews
Office for Students faces judicial review over public funding for bible colleges https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/mar/15/office-for-students-judicial-review-public-funding-bible-colleges #OfficeForStudents #HigherEducation #Students #StudentFinance #UniversityFunding #Religion #Education #UkNews #Christianity #England
Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/mar/06/university-vice-chancellor-review-student-loan-a-levels-education #HigherEducation #UniversityFunding #StudentFinance #UniversityOfBirmingham #Students #Admissions #Universities #Education #UkNews
Environment | The Guardian US‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation #England #UkNews #Students #UniversityFunding #Education #HigherEducation #SocialExclusion #Society #YoungPeople #CommitmentToWideningParticipation #Cities #SocialMobility
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degrees
David PIt's no coincidence that, by and large most sources of protest and dissidence around the world have been university humanities faculties AND that governments have attacked and made substantial funding cuts to said faculties. This is part of a wholesale attempt to suppress protest and govt accountability.
Just a few years ago here in Australia, our right-wing federal government doubled the cost of arts degrees (for local students).
This assumption that the humanities only teaches critical thinking is reductive and seems strategically designed to hollow out institutions essential to a free and functioning democracy.