More than 200 arrested while teachers join protest over class sizes, exhausting timetables and staff shortages
French teenagers blockading their schools in protest at class sizes, teacher shortages and long timetables have clashed with police, as politicians traded verbal blows over how to respond.
Demonstrations that began in Paris last week have escalated and spread across France, with the authorities reporting the arrests of 164 people on Monday.
Continue reading...Arts/law student Abbey Shi made the announcement after she had been censured by the Sydney University SRC
A meeting at the University of Sydney descended into “chaos” on Tuesday night after one student made an unprecedented personal donation of $50,000 to the student council, after being criticised for not doing enough in her elected job.
Arts/law student Abbey Shi made the surprising announcement after she had been censured for not doing any work for three months in her student-funded position.
Continue reading...Offer of visiting fellowship to controversial professor resulted in backlash from faculty and students
Cambridge University has rescinded its offer of a visiting fellowship to Jordan Peterson, the self-styled “professor against political correctness”, after a backlash from faculty and students.
Peterson, a psychology professor from Toronto who has courted controversy for his views on transgender rights, gender and race, announced on Monday via his YouTube channel that he was joining Cambridge for two months.
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