The Latest Breaking News from Goldsmiths

Students in the U.K., France and Mexico have sought to erect what many of them call "solidarity encampments," prompting a variety of responses from university authorities and local law enforcement.

Slogans on posters outside the London university building read ‘Shut Down 4 Palestine’ and, controversially, ‘From The River to the Sea’

Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. With massive redundancies announced at this London institution, is it the canary in the coalmine?

Booker-winning author says course ‘shouldn’t be seen as dispensable’ as university seeks to cut 130 academic jobs

As the British-Nigerian artist’s new Serpentine Gallery show opens he talks about the long arm of colonialism, why art needs to engage, and why the Benin Bronzes should be sent home

Union says ‘extraordinary’ cuts threaten 130 jobs at London university

Union says cuts will make the creative powerhouse unrecognisable and risk unprecedented industrial unrest

Union claims up to a quarter of all academic roles at financially pressed London institution face the axe

Other lives: Historian of emotions who took a new approach to studying the past

Other lives: History lecturer who wrote extensively about his native Sussex, including on the religious history of Lewes

Evening Standard Theatre Award winner for Emerging Talent, Tatenda Shamiso caught the industry's attention earlier this year with his play, No ID. He speaks to Isobel Van Dyke about disappointment in the UK's treatment of the trans community, as well as inspirations and hopes for the future