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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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
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Fees and loans hiked but maintenance support is frozen
Government says low inflation justifies grant decision. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Top 10 European institutions in chemistry
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1999 through 28 February 2009
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Oxford Brookes University - Funds for green research
More than £1 million is being invested by Oxford Brookes University to boost its research into key environmental issues. The Intelligent Transport Systems doctoral training programme will explore...
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Cardiff University - Genetic centre to open
The Medical Research Council has approved the establishment of a Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University. It will be the first MRC centre aimed at harnessing genetics...
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University of Warwick - Let the children protect us
Inoculating children against flu may be the most effective way to use limited vaccine supplies, according to research carried out at the University of Warwick. The study suggests that vaccinating...
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Turkish delights
Ottoman Turkish manuscripts were the focus of a four-day specialist workshop convened by the School of Oriental and African Studies. The event, funded by the Wellcome Foundation Library, was led by...
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Queen's University Belfast - Success in sight
A dietary supplement that can slow the loss of sight among older people has been developed by a team at Queen's University Belfast. The antioxidant helps sufferers of age-related macular degeneration...