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Clement Attlee (1883-1967) served as deputy prime minister in Winston Churchill's wartime coalition government before going on to win a spectacular victory in the general election of 1945.
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21 April 2011
Our better half - Does the bonobo鈥檚 peaceable nature disprove the 鈥榢iller-ape鈥 theory of humanity?
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Swansea鈥檚 sacrificial plan: take pay cuts to avoid redundancies
Swansea University wants staff to take pay cuts of between 3 and 4 per cent in exchange for a 鈥渘o redundancies鈥 deal.
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Almost all universities submit access agreements to Offa
The vast majority of English universities - if not all - are planning to charge tuition fees above the lower threshold of 拢6,000, information released by the Office for Fair Access reveals.
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Wellings to leave UK for Australian post
Paul Wellings, the vice-chancellor of Lancaster University and chair of the 1994 Group, is leaving the UK to take the helm of an Australian university.
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Tara Brabazon: digital stairways need wheelchair ramps, too
Since 1994, I have delivered a Monday morning lecture at 8.30, 9.00 or 9.30am. One of the consequences of teaching first-year students is that academic timetables are skewed earlier in the week to...
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Offa deadline triggers a volley of fee declarations
A flurry of tuition fee announcements have been made as the deadline approaches for universities to submit draft access agreements to the Office for Fair Access.
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Inside Higher Ed: Presidential doppelg盲ngers tweet
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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#comedinewithTHE competition
糖心Vlog is giving away the prize of a lifetime. But not for this competition. No, the winner of this competition will see themselves (and a friend/acquaintance of their choice) whisked...
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Harper Adams plans to charge 拢9k fees
The UK鈥檚 leading farming college has joined the growing group of institutions that plan to charge tuition fees of 拢9,000 a year in 2012.
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Australia鈥檚 watchdog warns of US-style 鈥榣ong tail鈥 of bad institutions
The US higher education system is blighted by a 鈥渧ery long tail of really bad institutions that are taking people鈥檚 money for degrees that don鈥檛 give any advantage at all to students鈥, according to...
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London Met plans radical course clear-out in curricular overhaul
London Metropolitan University has announced plans to axe about 400 courses, cutting the number it offers by two-thirds 鈥 from 557 to roughly 160.The reduction forms part of a radical shake-up of the...
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Three鈥檚 company: Imperial, King鈥檚 join UCL in 拢700m medical project
Imperial College London and King鈥檚 College London have announced that they are to become partners in the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation.
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Maybe it鈥檚 because he鈥檚 an adopted Londoner: Shine! winner is 鈥榣ucky鈥
A Chinese student with a passion for volunteering and London life has been named the British Council鈥檚 international student of the year.