Amateurs lose £10m
Cambridge needs to shake up its outdated committees and get down to business, says Gill Evans. Cambridge let £10 million slip through its hands in the process of trying to create an accountancy...
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Why I... believe childcare is not a luxury
When I gave up paid work to start my PhD four years ago, I worried vaguely about what would happen when my grant from the Natural Environment Research Council ran out at the end of its three-year...
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Star turn: Dawn Ades
Pat Leon joins art history students, who find out what it's like to be peeping toms... The day is grey, the leaves are falling and the Thames tide is out. It is London in autumn and we are standing...
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I do like to learn beside the sea
An Essex duo hopes to woo local students. Pat Leon checks out the appeal of the county's bright idea. Are 32 varieties of degree course and a seaside location enough to tempt Essex men and women to...
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Demand for action to boost UK science
The government has overlooked the careers of skilled scientists and engineers in favour of research and infrastructure and encouraging commercialisation, a review has found. It must take "coherent,...
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Hundreds protest at killing of student
Hundreds of Zimbabwean students fought running battles with the police this week after the death of one of their colleagues at the hands of soldiers. Their attempts to march into the capital Harare...
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Revamped ILAs could pay part of degrees
Individual learning accounts are to be reinvented and may be extended to cover part-time higher education, it emerged this week. Government officials are redesigning ILAs, which were axed last Friday...
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Employers to shoulder training targets Workplace training is to be revamped to reach a new government target of a quarter of young people entering modern apprenticeships before they are 22....
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From today's UK papers
Universities ask for £10bn extra Universities will need £9.94bn extra investment over three years if they are to meet government targets on widening access and transferring knowledge to industry,...
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Never trust a talking mouse
Is US foreign policy really dictated by a rodent with over-sized ears? Walt Disney has a lot to answer for, argues Adrian Mourby. Next week marks the centenary of Walt Disney's birth. In fact, given...
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Solo crusade to bring justice to generals of the killing fields
Academic Stephen Heder intends to force former Khmer Rouge leaders to face trial for their roles in the deaths of millions of Cambodians. Chris Bunting reports. The dour corridor of filing cabinets...
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Political circus fails to attract the big crowds
Turnout at the general election went into a tailspin. Can anything be done to reverse it? asks Ivor Gaber. When I worked on ITN's general election programme on June 7, the night's most exciting...
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Rescuing history from the scholars
Long-stay hospitals have played a crucial but ignored role in Britain's social history. Now, thanks to the Open University, former inhabitants have won the opportunity to share their stories. Terry...
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Politics of saving the world
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