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Our comprehensive UK university guide featuring league tables and rankings for 2011 in every subject
View ArticleElite universities consider bond issue
The scheme would make universities far less dependent on state finance, says Russell GroupThe UK's elite universities are considering proposals that would allow them to raise potentially hundreds of...
View ArticleSchools, museums and public loo: 2010 RIBA architecture awards unveiled
Schools triumph in the architecture industry's annual awards – as does a bus drivers' toilet in Dagenham
View ArticleWhat the coalition agreement means for education
What the Tory-Lib Dem coalition will change in schools and universitiesThe coalition government has agreed to push forward the Tories' plans to allow parents, teachers and charities to set up their own...
View Article'Penalise universities that let students down'
Students have a right to expect contact time with lecturers and reasonable class sizes, says vice-chancellorUniversities should face financial penalties if their lecturers teach for only a few hours a...
View ArticleLabour candidates must address the liberty deficit | Henry Porter
The failures of the database state have been laid bare, but most of the leadership candidates don't see where Labour went wrongThe liberty deficit left by the last government – the gap between the...
View ArticleShrinivas Havanur
My friend Shrinivas Havanur, who has died aged 82, was an authority on the Kannada language, his much-loved mother tongue which is spoken nowadays by some 35 million people in the state of Karnataka,...
View ArticleDonald Ray
My father, Donald Ray, who has died aged 81, was a gifted musician and teacher. From 1965 he was a lecturer at St Mary's college of education at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. He eventually...
View ArticleA fifth of children have never received a letter
Young people who rely on email and text are missing out on the pleasures and benefits of letter writing, say expertsOne in five children in the UK has never received a received a handwritten letter,...
View ArticleKeeping universities free for fair criticism | Faisal Hanjra
Muslim students find their speakers slandered as 'preachers of hate' and legitimate criticism of Israel is treated as hate speechIn the UK, there exists legislation to protect minorities from...
View ArticleHello free schools, goodbye hopes of better schools
It's galling that funds being used to provide updates to school facilities are to be diverted into the Tories' divisive pet projectSo it looks likely that the Tories have won the coalition battle on...
View ArticleWhere the cuts are likely to fall in education
The quangos and projects in danger if hundreds of millions of pounds are wiped from the education budgetHundreds of millions of pounds are likely to be wiped from the education budget on Monday when...
View ArticleZac Goldsmith wants £2bn food budget to be spent on organic produce
Conservative MP for Richmond Park and green campaigner wants annual budget for schools, hospitals and care homes to be spent on local, organic and sustainable foodZac Goldsmith is urging ministers to...
View ArticleWhat to do with a degree in fine art
You may have to take the long view if you want to become a commercially successful artist, but there are other career optionsIt's often said that one must suffer for one's art and, for aspiring...
View ArticleCountry diary: Bedfordshire
A friend of a friend has given us temporary custody of an unidentified animal. It is here on the desk beside me, stomping round and round its cell in the way a tiger patrols the perimeter of its cage....
View ArticleKeep party politics out of our police forces
Police authorities don't want policing to be influenced by unconstrained individuals with a politically motivated agenda We understand that the home secretary is planning to resurrect proposals for...
View ArticleArchitecture awards: Schools win the prizes – but has a chance been missed?
Despite massive investment by Labour, a legacy of fine educational design has not been createdThe Riba (Royal Institute of British Architects) awards for buildings "that have high architectural...
View ArticleOxford crackdown on 'rogue' digs
Council imposes rules forcing landlords to tackle the problems of rowdiness, noise and litter as complaints by city residents growHome to students for the best part of a millennium, the city of Oxford...
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