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Your extensive article on University of Wales validation ("Boom and bust", 5 January) was a welcome piece of journalism that demonstrated unbiased reporting - something that has been sadly missing in...
Your extensive article on University of Wales validation ("Boom and bust", 5 January) was a welcome piece of journalism that demonstrated unbiased reporting - something that has been sadly missing in...
The recent (and recurring) debate regarding the state-independent divide in Oxbridge admissions ("Super-selection creates a monoculture that does not benefit society", 15 December, and the subsequent...

Clint Eastwood's biopic of the first head of the FBI belongs to its leading man, argues Will Brooker

Incomplete works hold eternal appeal, from Dickens' Edwin Drood to Austen's Sanditon, says Gary Day

John Rex left his native South Africa after being branded an "undesirable" as a result of his opposition to apartheid, and went on to produce influential work on race relations throughout his career....

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University of ExeterAlliance of scienceA university has formalised an alliance with a centre for applied marine science by signing a five-year agreement with the institution. The arrangement between...

Both the beautiful leafy sea dragon and the repellent botfly larvae erupting from a horse's stomach come from the University of Reading's Cole Museum of Zoology, one of the finest in the country...

Hey chief, a word? - The new breed of ‘policy wonk’ with the vice-chancellor’s ear
Young people who attend summer schools are significantly more likely to go to university, research by the Sutton Trust suggests.
University applicants are most likely to turn to their friends and families for advice about where to study, a survey of over 2,000 people suggests.
More than half of employers believe that graduates have unrealistic expectations of working life and more than four in 10 believe they lack the necessary interpersonal skills.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
Welsh universities risk having their student numbers cut by up to almost 60 per cent if they do not reduce their fees in 2013-14, it has been announced.
The National Union of Students has proposed 10 alternative uses for the £60 million that ministers apparently wanted invested in a royal yacht for the Queen’s jubilee.