LONDON (Reuters) - The higher education sector contributed more than 33 billion pounds to the British economy it was revealed on Wednesday just hours after Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said it needed to do more to...
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Back in the 90s John Major sought to restore his battered political stock by vetoing the appointment of the Belgian Jean-Luc Dehaene to head up the European commission. Little Englanders cheered, assuming that because Dehaene...
Mr Becu's tirade ( Letters , 21 November) shows an impressive lack of self-awareness. Perhaps if he had any knowledge of neighbouring countries, he would know the level of support for Blair in Britain. I arrived in Belgium some...
The hidden tragedy of the London Metropolitan University affair is the lack of care taken to keep a check on its students, many of whom were from disadvantaged areas having their first taste of university life.
In responding to Johann Hari's important and perceptive article, Peter Mandelson ("Company money for universities", Letters, 18 November) avoids the key issues raised by Hari in favour of trotting out the usual platitudes....