Priyamvada Gopal: on the front line of Britain’s imperial past
The literature expert on online abuse, decolonising the curriculum and Cambridge’s role in the slave trade
The literature expert on online abuse, decolonising the curriculum and Cambridge’s role in the slave trade
Researchers say big increases to cost of study and work visas, and NHS surcharge, will make country less attractive to international students and staff
Home Office staff were due to hear from prominent scholar as part of series to mark Black History Month
Everyone in power in universities, as elsewhere, must grasp their inherent capacity to dominate, intimidate and exclude, says Timothy Carey
Marrisa Joseph finding her PhD and honorific “Dr” routinely ignored or worse (“I have earned the right to be called ‘Dr’”, Opinion, 5 July) recalls the recent experiences of historian Fern Riddell ...
Scholars seek to ‘call out’ workshops they see as far too soft on empire
Book of the week: A riveting tale of India’s imposition of exceptional powers has new resonance for Priyamvada Gopal
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Efforts to reclaim imperial history from so-called ‘politically correct’ professors have little to do with genuine academic debate, argue James McDougall and Kim Wagner
Book of the week: Weaponised offers to spur development took a toll on politics and growth, Priyamvada Gopal writes
A lack of intellectual and cultural willingness to open up historical discussions about the UK’s imperial past make it a difficult subject for students and scholars to get to grips with, argues Scott...
Some members have branded the University and College Union’s decision to hold a series of two-hour strikes a “shameful” attempt to scale back industrial action over this year’s 1 per cent pay offer
Priyamvada Gopal ponders the emancipatory potential of the ‘poor relation’ of faith and charity