Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan, is aiming to become Oxford’s next chancellor when the university’s graduates and staff vote later this year. Syed Zulfi Bukhari, one of Khan’s advisers, said the former international cricket star had submitted an application to run in the election in October to replace Chris Patten, the former Conservative […]
Several professors at universities around the US are facing disciplinary actions in regard to their support for the pro-Palestine movement and their students holding protests on college campuses. At Columbia University, Katherine Franke, law professor and the director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School, is currently under investigation at the school over an interview she […]
A scheme designed to boost the numbers of French children able to travel to Britain for school trips is reportedly in peril as a result of an overhaul of entry requirements in the UK. New rules for French school trips were introduced in December last year after a meeting between the French president, Emmanuel Macron, […]
Textbooks and marker pens are not all that science teacher Roberto Brandão, 54, takes with him each morning when he sets off for work in a school in one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas. He also carries a first-aid kit in case he or any of his students is hit by a bullet. “I always […]
‘Grades for conduct’, similar to a law introduced by Mussolini, aims to tackle rising aggression towards teachers Italy has reinstated a measure to fail badly behaved pupils as concerns grow over aggression directed at teachers. The “grades for conduct” policy, similar to a measure first introduced by Benito Mussolini’s fascist government in 1924, is part […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a new lawsuit. The rapper, 54, allegedly assaulted the boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005. A second new lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the reality television series Making […]
New music by Liam Payne will no longer be released this Friday after the decision was reversed. Sam Pounds, a US singer and songwriter who collaborated with the One Direction star on Do No Wrong, had previously said on social media that the track would be out on 1 November. He had said he hoped the song […]
The process could free up a large number of tickets for those who missed out in the August frenzy. Why you can trust Sky News Thousands of Oasis tickets listed on unauthorised sites will start to be cancelled “in the coming weeks”, promoters have warned. There was huge demand when they went on sale and many […]
An AI-replicated Sir Michael Parkinson is set to host a new podcast, featuring a series of completely unscripted interviews with celebrities. Virtually Parkinson is a world-first podcast according to its producers, Deep Fusion Films, and has been made with the support and involvement of Parkinson’s family and estate. Known for his interviews with the world’s biggest stars, Parkinson […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors revealed its first electric vehicles Thursday and announced plans for the brand to expand its lineup to include an emerging type of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in addition to EV models. Scout, a former American vehicle brand from 1961 to 1980, was expected to exclusively offer EVs in a bid for the […]