Student marginals
Student voters could swing three key general election marginal seats to the Conservatives, although final-year students as a whole back Labour, according to a poll from market research company High...
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Labour science pledge
A Labour government would transform the Council for Science and Technology to increase openness and give practising scientists better input into government policy. Adam Ingram, the shadow science...
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Edinburgh abstains
Perhaps Edinburgh University academics had already decided who to vote for, but five minutes after the intended start of the Association of University Teachers' education question time, the four...
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It's the only language...
If that fails, our web search for the word "tactical" suggested another way of shifting the Tories. It led us to The Sniper Store of Escondido, California, offering tactical and precision arms...
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Election map
CONSERVATIVE William Waldegrave's lead of 9,494 votes in his Bristol West constituency - based on a projection of the likely effect of boundary changes on the 1992 result - is over the Liberal...
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After Magritte?
(Photograph) - After Magritte? Roger Dickinson's work (above) is part of an exhibition called "Collections and Reflections" at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, which...
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STUC backs debate call
The Scottish Trades Union Congress this week unanimously backed a call from the Association of University Teachers Scotland for an open debate on how higher education should be planned and funded...
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UFI initiative runs into name trouble
New Labour's pre-election re-launch of the University for Industry training initiative was heading for a hiccup this week - over its name. Labour leader Tony Blair and the shadow chancellor Gordon...
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Tele-deviationists
So who says politicians are desperate to get on television? Delighted to see the cameras turn up for last week's election forum in Cardiff, local AUT organisers were more than a little nonplussed...
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After Bryan, the Pope?
Coming soon to the Labour front bench, Life After Bryan. And with Dearing in the offing, Mr Blair may need to give the further and higher education brief rather more attention than it normally gets....
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What a sauce
With our customary impartiality, Antithesis is pleased to offer all parties a solution to the EU fishing crisis, coupled with an economically attractive way of funding the British space effort....
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Shark bait
A long drop in front of the speakers' seats at this week's Vote for Science election meeting run by Save British Science became the focus of political debate when Adam Ingram, shadow science minister...
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Grot the lot by dot
However, if tactical voting of an anti-Tory nature is starting to appeal after you have read our leader (page 11), have a look at the web site of Grot, the Get Rid Of Them group. If one of its...
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Independence foray
One person for whom such tactics are likely to be unnecessary is LSE academic Alan Sked, leader of the UK Independence Party. Somewhat upstaged by the Jimmy-come-latelies of the Referendum Party, the...
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Ever-so flexible friend
Alan Howarth is a mere beginner in the party flexibility stakes compared to alumnus to be proud of No 99. Old fans of junior minister John Horam can hardly have been surprised that he was the...