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Is yours the school we'd like?
If your school rates highly, we want to know about itHow does your school match up to the Children's Manifesto? If you think your school scores highly, let us know why. We'll profile some of the...
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US university snubs 'anti-Israel' playwright
Honorary degree planned by John Jay College is vetoed by pro-Israeli trustee at City University of New YorkA row has broken out at a leading New York university because its board blocked a decision to...
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Sodium | GrrlScientist blog
This video captures the fickle and passionate nature of elemental sodium since it reacts explosively with water and insinuates itself into all sorts of compounds here on EarthSodium, atomic number 11,...
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World-wide calls for Syria to release Al-Jazeera journalist
There is growing concern about the refusal of the Syrian authorities to release Al-Jazeera English journalist Dorothy Parvaz, who was detained on her arrival in Damascus on 29 April.Parvaz, left, who...
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Charlie Gilmour pleads guilty to disorder charges at student protests
Son of Pink Floyd frontman enters non-specific guilty plea and is granted bail to finish his exams at Cambridge UniversityThe son of Pink Floyd guitarist and singer David Gilmour has admitted going on...
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Cribsheet 06.05.2011
Election victories for Canadian studentsWhile Nick Clegg faces a hammering of electoral blows today, there's better news from Canada where student activism has reached new heights. Six fresh-faced...
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Spanish students cause havoc with mass party
Classes abandoned at Valencia University after party advertised on social networking siteA massive party organised by students using social networking sites brought university classes to a standstill...
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Tony Kushner's degree snub puts playwrights in their place
Academia should be a bastion of intellectual freedom, but this retraction shows writers are expected to keep the status quoPlaywrights who speak out often suffer a backlash. It happened to Harold...
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The malaise behind CUNY's affront to Tony Kushner | Sarah Wildman
CUNY's withdrawal of Kushner's honorary degree exposes the widening rift within American Jewry over attitudes to IsraelTony Kushner may be many things. An American playwright. An instigator. A prodder....
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Charlie Gilmour may face jail after finishing university exams
Son of Pink Floyd guitarist pleads guilty to violent disorder at student protests but not to attacking car carrying Prince CharlesThe son of the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been warned he...
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Tony Kushner supporters renounce their own honorary degrees in protest
Pulitzer-winner playwright was removed from honour list for his critical views on Israel after CUNY trustee lobbied against himA row over the decision by a leading New York university to refuse...
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State-funded Graduate Internship Scheme closed
The Graduate Internship Scheme, which matched thousands of graduates with small businesses, has been scrappedNick Clegg recently spoke passionately about how internships should be open to all promising...
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How flimsy research gets inferior drugs to market | Ben Goldacre
Bad evidence on whether drugs really work can arise simply because nobody asked the right research questionSome of the biggest problems in medicine don't get written about, because they don't concern...
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Children's authors rail against Michael Gove's reading lists
Michael Rosen and Alan Gibbons line up to reject proposal for primary schools floated by national curriculum panelChildren's authors are gearing up for a fight over whether schools should be given...
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The continuing tradition of Catholic education | Maeve McCormack
The Catholic church was Britain's original education provider and still offers high-quality learning to 800,000 pupils of many faithsThe question: What choice for faith schools?It is a key part of the...
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From the archive, 07 May 1968: Paris students in savage battles
Originally published in the Guardian on 7 May 1968PARIS, MAY 6Paris, venue later this week for the opening of the Vietnam peace talks, was stunned tonight after a day and a night of riots by at least...
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Teenagers say yes to everything, and that includes sex | Rachel Cooke
Trying to force abstinence classes on young women suggests a woeful ignorance about today's adolescentsI can't say that I blame Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, for making a...
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Britain's top 300 intellectuals
John Naughton's suggested list of public figures leading our cultural discourse, broken down by professionACADEMICSGillian BeerJohn CareyStefan ColliniTerry EagletonLawrence FreedmanCaroline...
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University application process penalises disadvantaged pupils, study finds
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are being penalised by a university admissions system that unduly rewards early applicants, according to new research.Three academics at Warwick University claim...
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School trips to museums are a thing of the past as budget cuts bite
Visits to museums and art galleries are cancelled because schools can't afford to pay for supply teachers to cover staff away for the dayThousands of children are missing out on trips to Britain's...
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