1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (35+ words) Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject by subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects Continue reading......

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (262+ words) My mother, Sheila Cross, who has died aged 82 from cancer, was an inspirational university careers adviser, while also working as a social studies tutor at the Open University (OU) for 36 years. A feminist, Sheila developed some of the earliest women’s…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (756+ words) University says it continued to provide support after resignation of academic, who was found dead this week The University of Cambridge has defended its mental health support for the academic Jason Arday. The university said it had continued to provide…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (513+ words) Mary John obituary The Guardian My mother-in-law, Mary John, who has died aged 85, was a developmental psychologist and an instrumental figure in the movements for equal rights for people with disabilities and for the rights of children. Mary found her…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (436+ words) The Guardian My mother, the educationist Sandra Stalker, who has died of cancer aged 78, was not an academic expert on Shakespeare, Byron, Eliot, Yeats or Dylan, but she understood them intimately. In a classroom or in casual conversation in a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (619+ words) My partner, Clive Parkinson, who has died aged 63, was reader in arts, health and social justice at Manchester Metropolitan University. Working across the NHS, higher education and the voluntary sector, Clive became one of the UK’s leading voices in arts…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (322+ words) Let’s focus on what people with special needs can do, rather than what they can’t The Guardian Let’s focus on what people with special needs can do, rather than what they can’t As a retired special school headteacher, I warmly…...