A meaningful debate about statues is happening – the government just doesn’t seem to be taking part
Activists are taking a creative approach to complex debates despite intransigence from Westminster.
Activists are taking a creative approach to complex debates despite intransigence from Westminster.
Interviews with women who have staged naked protests reveal this is not just a shock tactic, but a powerful way of claiming their voices and their dignity.
China’s Confucius Institutes given foreigners a chance to learn more about the country. Africa must be careful that its universities’ partnerships with Confucius Institutes don’t create dependency.
A Kenyan film director sued her country’s film board and won. Local artists should follow suit and fight censorship.
When literary studies degrees focus almost entirely on the work of white, male writers, we do our students and the academy a great disservice.
Student funding processes must be opened up to public scrutiny and participation if they’re to succeed.
If it’s ok to use research carried out in unethical experiments – as long as we acknowledge they were wrong – is it ok to keep a statue of an infamous imperialist?
A long read on how science’s dark imperial past still shapes research today – and what to do about it.
We teach children about the birth and end of Empire, but miss out the violence of what happened in between.
We need to communicate better how schools and universities can understand the process leading to extremism, rather than just providing a checklist of behaviours.