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Student financesScots must borrow to get byTwo thirds of Scottish students owe money to their friends and family, and more than half have taken on expensive commercial debt to fund their studies,...
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Daytime TV: Disorderly conduct
Teenage girls turning to crime should be no surprise when we look at society as a whole, says Gary Day
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National rankings in agricultural sciences
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-April 2009
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Three injured in 'pain' riot
Police cars raced to our campus on Monday in response to an emergency call from the convenor of this year's Annual Conference of Physicalist Philosophers.According to witnesses, a fracas involving...
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Don't celebrate yet, girls
There's always a backlash against women's successes, warns Sally Feldman
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: I'm afraid it's very bad news
The prescription for a higher education sector suffering self-inflicted wounds, a fiscal bruising and hysteria is a rather bitter pill
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From where I sit - History of violence and betrayal
When hardline militia attacked the University of Tehran's student dormitories earlier this summer, it was a shock for Iran's academic community and society at large.Up to 150 students were jailed, at...
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Sheila Rodwell, 1947-2009
Sheila Rodwell, a leading authority on the links between nutrition and disease, has died.Born in St Albans on 7 March 1947 and educated at Loughborough High School, she graduated as a dietitian from...
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A national syllabus to compare standards
The aspect of the Students and Universities report that has attracted the most media attention is the significance of degree levels ("After the grillings, MPs serve a critical dish to the sector", 6...
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Kind words, dark deeds
While we welcome Lord Mandelson's recent speech outlining his support for mature students, part-time education and the work of The Open University and Birkbeck, University of London, we wonder...
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Beyond bilateralism
We do not recognise the recommendations of our UK/US Study Group report as described in your article ("Anglo-American report 'imperialistic', say critics", 6 August).We have no qualms about...
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Judes less obscure
Not everyone taking a degree in the city of Oxford has A*s or even A levels ("Let's relax about fairness", 30 July). Ruskin College has spent 110 years helping Judes be less obscure.We still don't...
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Grade hyperinflation
Every year, there is a pseudo-debate about whether or not there has been grade inflation at A level. The answer is that A levels have been devalued to an extent that is scarcely believable.I came...
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Not comparing like with like
I was disappointed to note in your story regarding the possible merger of Edinburgh Napier and Queen Margaret universities your comparison of the financial position of the two institutions ("Merger...