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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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The Doomsday Machine: The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel
Principles, priorities, practicalities: fine things all, but easier to discuss separately than together. Most of us want to protect the environment, for example. But which bits, and how best to do it...