The baffling decision to defund a national academy for mathematics
The government has shocked the mathematics community by announcing that it is withdrawing £6 million in grant funding from a…
Why academia failed to challenge trans ideology
Dr Hilary Cass’s long-awaited review into healthcare for transgender children and young people was released this week. Her verdict was…
KCL’s sinister diversity and inclusion policies
Last week the King’s College London LGBTQ staff network, called Proudly King’s, demonstrated its intellectual level and its view of…
Diversity and inclusion doesn’t belong in the maths curriculum
In March, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) – an independent body which oversees standards and quality in UK…
Climate activism must not be allowed to undermine climate science
Student activist Edred Whittingham baffled the snooker world last week by jumping onto the green baize at the Snooker World…
World Athletics’ trans policy isn’t scientific
This week it was revealed in the Telegraph that World Athletics is engaged in a confidential consultation with national governing bodies over the question…
LSE is right to cut ties with Stonewall
The London School of Economics (LSE) shocked their student union this week by informing them that the university is disaffiliating…
It’s not just social science that could do with more mathematics
The physics department at King’s College London offers a module called ‘Gender Action’. Students studying this module go into schools and…
Academic freedom is being stifled at Imperial College London
We have become used to the erosion of academic freedom in the humanities and social sciences. It is no longer…
The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
Mathematicians in British universities are now being asked to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. This autumn, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher…
