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Main library musings – rant column #1
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Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?
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The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
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UNiDAYS announce opening of Student Woman of the Year competition
20th March 2024
The UNiDAYS-run competition aims to support female students who are making a difference and offers a £10,000 first prize for entrepreneurial initiatives
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Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation
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Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
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Little luxuries that make uni life more bearable
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Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
6th March 2024
We discuss Springleaf Podcast, the new audio sitcom created by the much loved British stand-up comic James Acaster.
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Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Albert Hall
6th June 2023
Caroline Polachek stuns a sold-out Albert in her rescheduled show, touring her second solo album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.
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Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
19th March 2024
Sofia Coppola is back with another portrait of girlhood, this time showing the life of Priscilla Presley beyond Elvis' shadow
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Labour Party pledge to abolish private schools
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At its annual party conference in Brighton, Labour promised to end private schools in the interest of “social justice”
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Top universities discriminate against A-Level subjects typically chosen by poorer students
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On the eve of A-level results day, a study finds that some A-Level choices are keeping poorer students out of elite universities
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Grammar school proposals don’t go far enough
Opinion
The reintroduction of grammar schools offers hope, but more needs to be done to diversify education
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Private schools give students “two year boost” over comprehensives
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A recent study funded by the Independent Schools Trust reveal substantially better achievements among privately educated children at GCSE level examinations
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University funding body mixes up state vs privately educated students statistics
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HEFCE admit statistics released this summer, suggesting state school students did better at university than privately educated students, were reversed
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State school graduates will earn less than private school counterparts
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There is a pay gap between state school and private school graduates who achieve the same degree in the same subject, and go into the same profession
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