Students put their protests to one side at the Guardian media awards
Alan Rusbridger says 'it's a great time to be a journalist' as budding stars of the future collect their prizesThe protest at government plans to increase university tuition fees was not the only...
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The worst thing you can do is underestimate teenagers' intelligenceI've just spent three days trapped in a Berlin hotel room discussing teenage genitalia with a group of TV presenters, actors, bloggers...
View ArticleStudent protests: Police warn of risk to children
There is 'only so much we can do' to protect schoolchildren who take part in London tuition fee demonstrations, say policePolice warned today there was "only so much they can do" to protect...
View ArticleWhy the humanities remain highly relevant | Iain Pears
The humanities can't compete with the sciences for research funding. But they could help restore the status of teachingThe problem with the current proposals on university funding is that they are, in...
View ArticleLib Dem candidates urge rethink on tuition fees
More than 100 activists warn Nick Clegg to switch policy and oppose rises – or risk sending party back to 'political wilderness'More than 100 Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates have petitioned...
View ArticleSnow warning for eastern UK
Schools closed across Scotland as Met Office warns of more heavy snow today, from the south-east of England to the northGet the latest UK weather forecastsHundreds of schools are closed across Scotland...
View ArticleTuition fees: are students right to be protesting?
Get the data behind the decisions to hike up tuition fees. What's the real reasoning behind the policy?• Get the dataWhether your heart goes out to the students taking to the streets or not you will...
View ArticleCribsheet daily 29.11.10
Are we seeing the real Aaron Porter at last?As student demonstrations continue to build, Aaron Porter's shock u-turn is causing more ructions than Katie Waissel's ginger crop. But are we seeing the...
View ArticleOffice for Budget Responsibility: the key data. What does it say about public...
The Office for Budget Responsibility has issued its forecasts on the state of the economy, from GDP to public sector employment. Find out what it says• Get the dataThe Office for Budget Responsibility...
View ArticleMove over Nigella, here come the student cooks
No more beans on toast; studentcooking.tv to the rescue
View ArticleIs playing the piano for 28 hours harmful?
28 hours at the piano is enough to vex anyone - but not these researchersGerman and Austrian researchers analysed what happened to pianist Armin Fuchs when he spent more than a full day playing over...
View ArticleBetter-cooking students, coming soon to a screen near you
A cooking show for students, by students is revolutionising culinary skills around the countryCulinarily inept freshers used to fend for themselves in university kitchens armed with the sole cheap...
View ArticleA way to separate vocational courses from true academia | Eshaan Akbar
A clear division should be made between the research function of universities and their role as 'jobcentres'My grandmother got married in Bangladesh at the age of 14, and devoted herself to her seven...
View ArticleStudents plan third and biggest education cuts protest
The largest of this month's three protests against education cuts is expected as thousands sign up for direct action around the UKTens of thousands of school, college and university students are...
View ArticleElite athletes warn David Cameron not to axe school sports grant
Dozens of British Olympic medal-winners have written to PM condemning decision to withdraw £162m of annual fundingDozens of British Olympic medal-winners have made a direct plea to David Cameron to...
View ArticleThe new age of student protest
Students have been staging sit-ins at campuses across the UK in protest against education cuts. Patrick Kingsley visited three and discovered a powerful coalitionLonghaired and big-booted,...
View ArticlePhilip Green to be target of corporate tax avoidance protest
• UK Uncut challenge billionaire Cameron efficiency adviser • 'Tax avoidance' protest focuses on Green's Arcadia's storesSir Philip Green, the retail billionaire and efficiency adviser to the...
View ArticleVideo: Natural History Museum launches interactive film on evolution
Extinct creatures are resurrected in an interactive film about evolution at the Natural History MuseumAndy Duckworth
View ArticleThe education secretary is this Christmas's Scrooge
But will he see the error of his ways?Ros Asquith
View ArticleEducation letters
Vince Cable defends the government strategy for the reform of further education, and reaction to the Ministry of StoriesThe big skills debateMartyn Sloman ("Strictly demoralising", 23 November) must...
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