Downturn claims one in four graduate positions
Gloom-and-doom report shows ‘perfect storm’ is still raging. Neha Popat reports
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NUS calls on ‘incompetent’ head of Offa to quit
The National Union of Students has called for the director of the Office for Fair Access (Offa) to resign, accusing him of presiding over a regime of “staggering incompetence”.
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MPs reject university sub-committee proposal
BISC chairman claims move would not benefit higher education, but pledges to keep a close eye on the sector. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Mind your languages
The recession has served only to highlight the dearth of foreign-language skills among British graduates. But are we simply too lazy to tackle the problem? Matthew Reisz reports
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Fundamental problems
Many science undergraduates struggle to write well or solve simple maths problems. We fail them if we do not bring their basic skills up to scratch, argues Harriet Jones
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Time, Space, Stars and Man: The Story of the Big Bang
Time, Space, Stars and Man is a detailed introduction to our current understanding of the science of Life, the Universe and (almost) Everything. We are led from an explanation of the Big Bang,...
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The Meaning of Sarkozy
Raymond Kuhn thinks a disparaging volume about the French President should offer deeper analysis
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A Women's Berlin: Building the Modern City
Most cities trigger immediate visual associations: in Berlin's case, for example, they are of the Wall that once divided it, or the iconic Brandenburg Gate. One may also think of the Trummerfrauen (...
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Choosing Life, Choosing Death: The Tyranny of Autonomy in Medical Ethics and Law
Since the 1960s we have moved rapidly from a "doctor knows best" society in which medical paternalism was common, towards a society that celebrates patients' rights to make informed decisions about...
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- EvolutionBy Douglas Futuyma, distinguished professor of ecology and evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Palgrave Macmillan, £40.99. ISBN 9780878932238Futuyma...
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Book of the week: The Spectre at the Feast
John Whitelegg gauges solutions to the failings of the free market
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Violence, Martyrdom and Partition: A Daughter's Testimony
A painstakingly honest tale of one woman's struggle leaves Joanna Lewis humbled
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Selling the Tudor Monarchy: Authority and Image in Sixteenth-Century England
In 1992, Kevin Sharpe published The Personal Rule of Charles I. Like the book under review, it was both lengthy and deeply researched. It was what I suppose one must now call an old-fashioned...
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The Canon: Capital: Volume 1. By Karl Marx
The year was 1975. Studying for a masters degree under the tutelage of Marxist sociologist Tom Bottomore, I began reading Marx's Capital. As I turned page after page with increasing excitement, I saw...
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Credit and Community: Working-Class Debt in the UK since 1880
Karl Dayson recommends a timely study of the changing face of indebtedness among the poor