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Golden age of rising budgets is over, universities warned

Greg Hurst, Education Editor Universities have been warned to expect heavy cuts next year as the head of their funding body told them that the “golden age” of rising budgets was over. Fields for research funding would become...

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Losing faith in democracy

• Swelling population 'risks demographic disaster' • Cynicism and disaffection among disturbing findings Pakistan faces a "demographic disaster" if its leaders fail to invest in a youth population that is disturbingly cynical...

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Parental choice on schools 'increases social divide'

Poor parents pick child's school because it is close to home, while middle-class parents go on good academic record Giving parents a choice over primary schools increases the social divide, a study reveals. The majority of poor...

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Joint honours

Horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers among instructors after Michigan legalises drug as a medicine It goes without saying that there's no smoking in class. But there is a good deal of sniffing of leaves, discussion of the...

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History? It's history

If the past is another country, Ed Balls has just confiscated the passports of our schoolchildren Ed Balls has announced that primary school history is to be subsumed into an "area of learning" called "historical, geographical...

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Graduate schemes offer testing times

Getting a place on a graduate training programme can be like tackling an assault course. One determined student talks to Nic Paton about clearing the hurdles ... and winning You may not (yet) have to stand up and sing in front...

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London Chess Classic: the chess set

London is about to host its biggest chess tournament in 25 years. Check it out: chess is popular in primary schools where there is growing recognition of the game's educational role as a 'brain-accelerator' Photo: PHILIP HOLLIS...

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Cash-crisis university criticised

There have been a series of protests outside the university A financial mismanagement report on a London university has found board members were aware unfair funding claims were made for the institution. London Metropolitan...

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Olevels could be reintroduced in schools

O-levels could be reintroduced to English schools as growing numbers of pupils take the traditional exams overseas. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Teenagers will be allowed to switch to the qualifications, which were...

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SHL's David Leigh gives nothing away, but can read you like a book

Poker is all about keeping your cards close to your chest and giving away as little as possible,” David Leigh says. “By not revealing what you have in your hand, you force your opponents to make decisions based on incomplete...

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