engaging in culture wars.... Oriel College provoked anger and consternation among campaigners after

. Support our journalism.... Oxford University’s Oriel College has refused to tear down a statue of

The question of whether to remove various statues dotted around the UK has raged since last year.... Sparked by the death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter movement( BLM), thousands of statues were defaced, many of which had been linked with the transatlantic slave trade or historic racism.... The most memorable scenes were witnessed on Bristol harbour, where the statue of Edward Colston-an English merchant who was involved in the slave trade-was pulled down and thrown into

In online material Rhodes scholars argued that the scheme needed to divest from funds linked to the state of Israel.... It further claims that the Middle East “ deeply parallels ” the “ histories of colonial violence and apartheid in Southern Africa ”.... The group has called on the Rhodes Trust on Oxford University Endowment Management, which holds the majority of the Rhodes Trust’s assets, to “ divest from the State of Israel ”, and to drop any companies “ sustaining Israeli occupation ”....

Just a few miles the Welsh coastal village Newgale lies the towering fortress of Roch Castle which has been standing since the 12th Century.... Just a quick glance of this impressive structure and you can see it bears a striking resemblance to the House of Starks home of Winterfell.... [ VIDEO] Try these unusual stick of rock flavours in Tenby Wales[ REVEAL]....

A history professorship named after Cecil Rhodes has been axed by a top university following a row over its links to racism and slavery. King’s College London has scrapped the Rhodes Professorship of Imperial History after the current post-holder called for it to be dropped. Prof Richard Drayton, who was a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, said of King’s College that “ the blood of enslaved Caribbean people is mixed into the mortar of its foundations ”, as reported by the Mail on Sunda

It will now be reviewed by the college to address the" pain caused" by the artist, with options under consideration including removing it and placing it elsewhere or placing explanatory signs near its location.... He said:" Once you start, there's really no end to it.... Gill must go because of his sexual abuse....

Portraits of the Duchess of Cambridge taken to mark her 40th birthday are to go on public display for the first time – in places close to Kate’s heart. The glamorous shots of the duchess by celebrated fashion photographer Paolo Roversi will feature in four venues around the UK linked to Kate’s childhood and her relationship with the Duke of Cambridge. They include the Middleton family church, St Andrews university where William and Kate first met, and on the island of Anglesey where they lived a

An Oxford college run by the former head of the equalities watchdog has apologised to students for hosting Christian conference, The Telegraph can reveal.In what has been described as the latest incident of “ cancel culture ” at British Universities, Worcester College acknowledged the" distress" that it had caused students by hosting a Christian Concern training camp, and vowed to use the profits for" diversity initiatives". The move comes just months after David Isaac took over as the Provost o

The Government has been warned that any immediate start to the new academic year in schools in September will" almost certainly ” prompt a rise in COVID-19 cases.... Tens of thousands of pupils are reported to be facing a delay in returning to class.... It comes as headteachers and education unions across the UK call for teenagers to be tested for coronavirus on-site. When the pandemic struck, schools closed down and pupils were given predicted grades, their work this year being assessed by th