Education

Michele Dougherty Makes History as the UK’s First Female Astronomer Royal

Published: 30 July 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk In a moment of history-making significance for British science, Professor Michele Dougherty, a distinguished planetary physicist whose groundbreaking research has transformed our understanding of the solar system, has been appointed the UK’s first female astronomer royal. The honorary title, established in 1675 and steeped in royal and scientific tradition, is being awarded to a woman for the first time in its...

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Government officials are being called on to assist students stranded in Gaza by offering them places at UK universities.

Published: 23 July 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Amid the devastating backdrop of ongoing conflict in Gaza, forty young scholars stand on the threshold of life-changing opportunity—yet remain trapped in a political and administrative gridlock that threatens to crush their dreams. These students, who have secured fully funded scholarships to study at prestigious universities across the United Kingdom, now face the grim possibility of missing their...

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