Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become impossible to ignore in higher education. For historians, working in a discipline which depends on interpretation, evidence, and critical thinking, the devel…

Deans report experimenting with different assessment methods to stem risk of students falling into AI-induced ‘cognitive surrender’

Manchester University Press remembers Professor John M. MacKenzie, founding editor of Studies in Imperialism, with tributes from colleagues reflecting on his scholarship, generosity and lasting legacy...

Paul will take up his new role on 4 November 2026.

This blog, which explores the parliamentary context of the abolition of slavery, is based on Michael’s full-length seminar paper, ‘The West India Interest and Colonial Slavery in Parliament,…

What makes nations wealthy? This question, first systematically explored by Adam Smith 250 years ago, remains as pressing today as it was in 1776 when Smith published An Inquiry into the Nature and Ca...

Princess Diana's brother says she was "really brought low by all that criticism" and he saw her in "tears of despair".

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 5 October and 14 December 2026   Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through the a...

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 5 October and 14 December 2026   The Society's Postgraduate Membership is for those studying History, or a cognate subject, at a higher level (from Masters...

Academic life is full of churn. The world changes; younger scholars are seized by new questions and, as they hare down...

Armed with a near-perfect detection tool, Pangram is fighting to convince the public AI cheating can be caught.

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

Chris McDonald says he wants fewer and longer-term grants, plus a “smoother and simpler system”