Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change anything? Read more

Language is naturally acquired when children are able to use it pleasurably, and language acquisition by children themselves saves both time and labor, said English-language education expert Chen Yaping. Read more

Harvard University dropped its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on Tuesday after previously requiring students to get the vaccine, plus boosters. Read more

Students today are subject to a kind of ideological bullying and intellectual restriction that would have been unimaginable 30 years ago. Read more

The University of Iowa’s learning centers used to hold in-person classes for graduate business and social work students, but those students have preferred remote learning since the pandemic. Read more

It sounds like science fiction. Ocean-going ships with no-one on board. But this vision of the future is coming - and sooner than you might think. Read more

“Concierge moms” are starting to pop up around the country and at least one mother in Massachusetts is using it to help her kids at college. Read more

Michelle Donelan had accused two members of Research England’s advisory group of ‘sharing extremist views’ in letter to UKRI Read more

University of California Santa Cruz will spend at least $500,000 to combat “hate.” Read more

Scientists say they have discovered fossils belonging to a "nightmarish" sea lizard species that hunted the oceans 66 million years ago. Read more