Blair warns of Tory budget axe
Universities would have their budgets cut by almost a quarter under Conservative spending plans, prime minister Tony Blair told The THES this week. Mr Blair said it would be impossible for the...
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We'll raise you seven prisons
As Labour tries to out-bid the Tories in the fight against crime, nobody has checked the facts, say Roger Matthews and Jock Young. Between 1995 and 1999 there was a 23 per cent drop in the crime rate...
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Fight for humanity
David Cromwell asks why the media and politicians seem blind to the dangers of globalisation It is the elephant in the room - the one big issue that politicians and media in this election have tried...
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Optimists meet apathy on trail
THES reporters talk to four academics who are candidates in the general election. Robert Collinson Law lecturer Robert Collinson believes he is on track to reverse the thumping 18 per cent swing from...
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Most parties field four men for every woman
Northern Ireland has its best chance in more than 30 years of returning a woman to Westminster, according to the Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics at Queen's University, Belfast. Twenty per...
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Whisky to woo voting wizard
Ever fancied playing Peter Snow for an evening? Politics and computer experts at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, have devised an online "swingometer" that allows people to do just that....
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Lost era of life of study
THES reporters talk to Phil Woolas and Stephen Twigg, MPs who are both former NUS presidents. Phil Woolas Phil Woolas, Labour candidate for Oldham East and Saddleworth, fears higher...
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Force is with Skywalker Blair, not Tigger Hague Students associate prime minister Tony Blair with goody-two-shoes Star Wars character Luke Skywalker and Ann Widdecombe with puppet moggy Bagpuss, a...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Researchers at the University of Greenwich have been investigating the properties of diatomaceous earth for protecting stored food from pests, a technique that dates back at least 4,...
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US Supreme Court upholds affirmative action The United States Supreme Court has backed race-based admissions after years of lower court rulings, as well as referendums, that have chipped away at the...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Plans for a £22 million modern extension of the Royal College of Art are to be unveiled. The building could be the standard-bearer for future art and design teaching...
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Hefce funds fee impact study Funding chiefs are examining how tuition fees affect the participation and choices of higher education students. The study is one of...
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Natfhe calls for governance ombudsman Delegates at lecturers' union Natfhe's annual conference have called for an ombudsman to deal with concerns about governance in post-school education....
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Domain name sparks trademark battle The University of North Carolina is seeking $100,000 (£70,600) in damages from the originators of an adult website that uses “UNC” in its domain name. The...