Rush to beat higher fees less frenzied than expected
University applications have risen in the final year before higher fees are introduced.
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Inside Higher Ed: Getting out of Egypt
By Sam Petulla, for Inside Higher Ed
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WikiLeaks: counting the costs and consequences
When Woodrow Wilson made his Fourteen Points address to the US Congress in January 1918, he called for “open covenants of peace, openly arrived at”.Setting out his programme for the post-war world,...
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Coordinated action on cards, UCU signals
Protests against education cuts are taking place in London and Manchester today as the main lecturers’ union signals that strikes in the academy could be coordinated with industrial action in other...
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Back basic science with cash, research elite tell EU
The League of European Research Universities has repeated its call for the European Union to make substantial long-term investments in basic research.
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Coalition ‘sleepwalking’ into teaching crisis
Applications to secondary teacher-training courses have collapsed, prompting fears of a recruitment crisis in the profession within five years.
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Bill gives ministers ‘free rein’ over interest rates on student loans
New legislation allowing the government to apply higher interest rates to student loans grants ministers “free rein” to raise charges in the future and gives no protection for those from poorer...
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Justice for Hedgehogs
Simon Blackburn is impressed by the fluency and analytic style but believes the jury will not convict
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Living with Complexity
Geoffrey K. Pullum is in sympathy with a lucid account of how ingenious design can simplify life
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State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
When Edward Heath became prime minister in 1970, he declared that his aim was to lead a revolution - a quiet revolution - in the way Britain was governed. Less than four years later that revolution...
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Genetic Twists of Fate
Suppose you and your buddy are accomplished human geneticists. You hold chairs, run labs and edit journals, and have made real contributions to the field. As the work advanced, you realised this...
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Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World
John Gilbey connects with his inner geek as he enjoys an examination of all things networked
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The Classical Country House: From the Archives of Country Life
Ever since 1897, the magazine Country Life has published articles about country houses, illustrated with photographs specially taken for the purpose. This archive is a wonderful resource, and of...
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
No one doubts that the fate of the populations of the European borderlands between Poland and Russia in the age of total war was an atrocious one. Tens of millions died; not just in the barbaric...
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News in Brief
United StatesTexas danger as state plans cutsThe state of Texas is planning to slash $772 million (£483 million) from its higher education spending, closing four community colleges in the process....