There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraid, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

Join the #EnglishCreates 2026 Online Symposium for a wide-ranging conversation about the futures of English Studies.

Toby Jones, Andrew Kötting (as a straw bear) and their merry men revive the wanderings and wonderings of Northamptonshire peasant poet John Clare.

Tweaking the requirement for GCSE students to read a 19th-century novel could add diversity while maintaining rigour and reducing teacher workload, argues Robert Eaglestone

The Samuel Beckett Research Centre (SBRC) at the University of Reading is pleased to announce that up to 3 SBRC Visiting Research Fellowships are now available to scholars and researchers looking t…

In 2020, Stephen James Joyce, Joyce’s grandson, bequeathed the Solange and Stephen James Joyce Collection to the University of Reading Special...

Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money

"The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.

Using financial incentives to influence student choice risk undermining Labour’s widening access goals, critics fear