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Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities, by Howard P. Segal
Utopianism is in a bad way. Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hitler’s Germany and Pol Pot’s Kampuchea are regularly disinterred as terrifying examples of humanity’s attempts to actualise ideal societies, with...
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Record donation to support poorest Oxford undergraduates
The University of Oxford has received a record £75 million donation that will be used to support disadvantaged undergraduates.
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No U-turn ahead on overseas students, says Green
The immigration minister has told a cross-party group of MPs that any reports suggesting that the government will remove international students from net migration figures are not true.
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Animal use in experiments continues to rise
The number of animals used in scientific research in the UK rose by 2 per cent last year, figures from the Home Office show.
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You only live twice: Bond girl's painful journey to time renewed
An academic psychologist has joined forces with a former Bond girl and her film director husband to create a television documentary about the after-effects of brain injury.
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Framework 7 goes out with an €8 billion bang
The European Union will tomorrow launch a call for bids for €8.1 billion (£6.4 billion) in research funding as part of the final year of its Framework 7 programme.
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Decline and fall: Ucas confirms big drop in applications
University applications by English students have dropped by 10 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Inside Higher Ed: Google at the gates
By Steve Kolowich for Inside Higher Ed
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New powers of refusal announced for student visas
The government has announced plans to give border staff new powers to refuse international students a visa as part of a programme of targeted interviews for applicants.
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Cornwall revisits local authority funding link
Students in Cornwall could receive up to £3,000 each from their county council to support their university studies in a first for local authorities under current funding arrangements.
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Post-92s outscore traditional rivals on work goals
Some post-1992 universities have outperformed traditional institutions in the latest set of graduate-destination statistics.
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Nature wins libel battle with Egyptian physicist
A former journal editor has lost his libel claim against the journal Nature over an article reporting allegations that he had abused his position to publish numerous self-authored papers without...
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HE bill is needed, says Willetts, but 'who knows' when it will appear
The universities and science minister has said that a higher education bill will be needed to allow "dissolution" for post-1992 universities and to give new powers to the Office for Fair Access.
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Cogitate, don't regurgitate
George MacDonald Ross argues that to stamp out plagiarism, we must create an environment in which students are forced to think for themselves, while Jude Carroll has practical advice on redesigning...