A professor of Islamic studies at Oxford University who has advised the Government on countering extremism has been accused of rape by a French feminist author. Professor Tariq Ramadan, 55, was said to have attacked Henda Ayari after inviting her to his hotel room following a conference on Islam in Paris in 2012. The 40-year-old author, who spoke about the ...

An inspirational poster hangs above the Trump Tower desk of Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old press secretary for Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign, squeezed in among the framed Time magazine covers of Mr. Trump and exuberant thank-you notes written in his inimitable scrawl (“Hopie — You’re the greatest!”). “Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm,’” it reads. “And ...

Netflix has done some housecleaning in the last few months, cutting high-profile shows like “Sense8″ and “The Get Down,” and killing flops like “Girlboss” and “Gypsy” after only one season. The streaming service most recently canceled “Chelsea,” comedian Chelsea Handler’s talk show, after two seasons. “Chelsea” aired three days a week, with new episodes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Netflix ...

In our day, we can’t quite see anything wrong with monopoly. We’re certain that our tech giants achieved their dominance fairly and squarely through the free market, by dint of technical genius. To conjure this image of meritocratic triumph requires overlooking several pungent truths about the nature of these new monopolies. Their dominance is less than pure. They owe their ...

Foreign students are targeting “private universities” in order to pocket millions of pounds in student loan payments, a report by the Government spending watchdog has suggested. It is thought that in some cases, students receiving these payments may have dropped out of their courses without informing the lender, or failed to turn up for their course at all. The number ...

Universities should be made to take out compulsory insurance agreements when accepting international students from politically unstable countries, the chair of the Commons education committee has said. Conservative MP Robert Halfon last night urged the Government to consider imposing new safeguards for students, amid fears that more than 100 face deportation because their funding has been pulled by a foreign ...

Malala Yousafzai has started her studies at Oxford University, five years to the day that she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 20, tweeted on Monday: “5 years ago, I was shot in an attempt to stop me from speaking out for girls’ education. Today, I attend my first lectures at ...

It is now up to schools to provide a “moral compass” for young girls, as parents are no longer bringing up their children with traditional values, a leading headmistress has said. Hilary French, headmistress of Newcastle High School for Girls, said that today’s teenagers are lacking a “homespun common sense approach”, adding that schools must “step in for the benefit ...

A rising tide of political correctness is a “dangerous” threat to creativity, one of the world’s leading fashion designers has warned. Marc Jacobs launched a stinging attack on those who attempt to stifle expression, adding that he does not understand their mindset. Addressing students at the Oxford Union, he said: “I think it’s very dangerous to say: ‘You can’t use ...

Q I’ve been watching the fallout from the Ryanair pilot rota incident with interest – mainly what the company (and its boss) have been saying. Is there a right way to handle a business crisis? A In general, if disastrous news reaches the media, the boss must decide whether to hide behind a company spokesman or pick up the phone ...