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£6000 fees threaten economy and education, say English Vice-Chancellors

Bosses from universities including Birmingham and Reading have harshly criticised suggestions from the Labour Party of cutting the cap on tuition fees to £6000
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Battle lines drawn as Labour stake economic plan on outspending the Conservatives

Ben Fearn explains why he believes Labour’s spending proposals will result in increased support for the party
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Academics condemn regional pay proposals

60 academics signed a letter calling on the government to drop the plans
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100,000 science graduates needed to maintain economy

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A report has found that an extra 10,000 annual science graduates are needed to maintain the UK economy
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Is piracy really all that bad?

Students have been blamed for Manchester being put on the map as the UK’s piracy capital, but is it really a crime?
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Six of the best: a potted history of Manchester academia

Andrew Williams profiles six of the University of Manchester’s most influential and prestigious scholars, past and present.
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Here’s to you, 2011

Riots in Britain and revolution abroad – it’s been a turbulent year in politics. Andrew Williams looks back, and asks what might be in store for the year ahead
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Why Britain must stay in the EU

Rob Fuller puts forward the case for Britain’s continued membership of the European Unon
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Berlusconi: the end of an error

Andrew Williams looks back at a defining era for Italian politics as the curtain falls on Silvio Berlusconi’s premiership
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