Tag: Universities

UK Urges EU to Speed up Access to Research Funding After Row Over Northern Ireland Protocol

November 7, 2022
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Britain’s new Europe minister is urging Brussels to put politics aside and speed up the funding for academic research in science which has been held up since the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Europe minister Leo Docherty is due to make a speech to British and European parliamentarians on Monday in which he will…

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Culture of ‘Quiet No-Platforming’ Constraining Free Speech at Universities: Report

October 14, 2022
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Student societies are “quietly” no-platforming suitable speakers out of fears of a backlash, according to a new report. British universities, historically known for having long traditions of hosting guests to deliver speeches and engage in debates, are preemptively canceling guests. The research, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) think tank, looked at the…

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Capitol Report (Oct. 13): Biden Agrees to Allow 24,000 Venezuelans Into US; Biggest Social Security Benefit Hike Since 1981

October 13, 2022
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All eyes are on inflation. A key indicator is rising, surpassing expert forecasts for September. Along with rising prices, home mortgage rates have skyrocketed over the past year. Ohio Congressman Bill Johnson joins us to discuss. The Biden administration is breathing life into a Trump-era rule to send illegal border crossers from Venezuela out of…

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‘Frightening’ Decolonisation Movement Taking Hold of British Universities: Report

October 13, 2022
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Seventy percent of UK universities are undertaking some form of decolonisation, according to a new report. The British think tank Civitas, which works on issues related to democracy and social policy, claims that while attacks on free speech seem to be worsening, universities are also seeing the spread of a phenomenon known as “decolonisation.” The…

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Universities Feeding Students With Critical Race Theory, Sociological Marxism: UK Minister

October 4, 2022
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Some UK universities are not equipping students with useful skills but indoctrinating them with “a diet of critical race theory, anti-British history, and sociological Marxism,” a minister has said. Andrea Jenkyns, minister for skills, further, and higher education, criticised the current education system, which she said would rather have young people get a degree in…

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The Long March of Woke Ideology Through the Universities

August 30, 2022
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Commentary Universities, as a result of the 60s and 70s cultural revolution and the decision by the cultural left to take the long march through the institutions, have especially been affected by politically correct ideology and wokeness. Such is the dominance of neo-Marxist and postmodern-inspired ideology that left-of-centre academics in a range of subjects dominate…

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Dark Days for Our Ivory Towers

August 12, 2022
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Commentary Dear class of 2026, Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life! Ahead of you is four years of a lacklustre education which will saddle you with debt from which you may never emerge. Your professors will teach you not how to think but what to think, and their invitation to question…

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GOPs Press Defense Secretary on Federal Funds to Colleges Tied to Beijing

July 26, 2022
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A group of Republican lawmakers is pushing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on federal funds flowing to U.S. universities with ties to Beijing. Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and 56 of his GOP colleagues sent a letter to Austin on July 25, asking the secretary why federal funds were going to schools that are…

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Chinese Applicants to UK Universities up 60 Percent in 3 Years, Raising Fears of Over-Reliance

July 14, 2022
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The number of Chinese applicants to British universities has risen by almost 60 percent in three years to a record 31,400, raising fears that UK institutions have become overly reliant on China. The number of Chinese applicants is over 8,000 more than the number of applications from all 27 countries of the European Union, which…

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Republican Lawmakers Seek to Crack Down on Beijing’s ‘Trojan Horse’ Activities in US Universities

July 5, 2022
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A Republican congressman and his colleagues are hoping to crack down on the Chinese Communist Party’s “trojan horse” activities taking place in U.S. universities. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) recently introduced H.R.7779, which proposes “to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes.” There are currently…

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