Transport policy is now university choice policy
With proximity to home now the fourth most important factor in choosing a university, an analysis argues the Department for Transport’s plans ignore how students travel — the bus routes that do not run at seminar times, the rail fares that make commuting cost more than rent, and the campuses built where nothing stops. For applicants it is a reason to test the journey before accepting an offer. Commuter students covers making it work.
The manosphere arrives at university with the students
Readers respond to research on the influence of the manosphere in schools, and the relevance for universities is direct: the cohort now arriving spent its teenage years in that material, and it shapes seminar rooms, flat shares and how harassment gets reported. Universities have been slower to address it than schools have.
A campus Spider-Man against burnout
A King’s student has been appearing on campus in costume, saying the point was joy in a term of burnout and a city that is lonely. Frivolous, and a fair reminder that the thing most likely to improve a flat week is other people doing something daft nearby. Making friends at university covers the rest.