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Drug tests and ban on hoodies to tackle violence at colleges

21.10.09
Students will be given random drug tests, frisked for weapons and told to wear their hoodies down in a drive to cut gang crime in London's colleges... more

How long can the City stay a world-beater?

09.10.09
Britain has overtaken the United States in a survey of the world’s leading financial centres — but in part because the financial sector here is so large relative to the rest of the economy... more

Students must pay more in fees and loans, say bosses

21.09.09
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MP condemns universities for failing black students

15.09.09
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Don’t panic if you miss A-level targets

19.08.09
Record demand for university places but plenty of options for school-leavers who fail to find the course of their choice... more

More women graduates finding jobs than men

17.08.09
Women graduates are proving more successful at weathering the employment crisis than their male peers, new figures reveal... more

Labour’s next pick for Mayor ‘must be chosen by voters’

07.08.09
Labour’s next mayoral candidate should be selected in a mass vote of people who are not party members, minister urges ... more

Fifth of top-up fee students unhappy with their course

06.08.09
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Fifth of top-up fee students unhappy with their courses

06.08.09
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50,000 students turned away from universities

09.07.09
As many as 50,000 students will be denied university places this summer amid record demand for degree courses... more

Unions blast tuition fee rise for students

02.07.09
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Tougher times for graduates with a third more out of work

02.07.09
Students are facing a jobs crisis after graduate unemployment soared by a third... more

Graduates face jobless future

11.06.09
Up to 40,000 university graduates could still be unemployed in six months because of the recession... more

Two-thirds of graduates don't expect to find good job

29.04.09
Graduate job offers have fallen by a third as students face working in bars or supermarkets after leaving university this summer, research showed... more

Our own Obama is still just a pipe dream

26.03.09
Our first black PM, our own Obama? After a century perhaps, I said, and made my son very cross. He, a young barrister, is more upbeat and hopeful than his grumpy mum. It seems new research agrees with him. A study comparing race and opportunity in the US and UK finds many reasons to be cheerful about our situation. ... more

Charge students £6,500 a year in fees, say university chiefs

17.03.09
The debate over the future of university tuition fees began in earnest as vice-chancellors demanded the right to charge nearly £7,000 a year... more

Lammy rules out Mayor run

02.03.09
David Lammy has ruled out running as a "stop Ken" candidate for Labour in the next mayoral elections... more

I blundered in vote, admits MP fighting Heathrow expansion

29.01.09
A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway... more

Graduates told to take bar work while they look for jobs

05.01.09
Graduates face a desperate struggle for good jobs as employers cut back for the first time in years... more

Radio DJ was offered 'crib sheet' on Celebrity Mastermind

30.12.08
A radio presenter invited onto Celebrity Mastermind claims she was offered a "crib sheet" on her specialist subject... more

An inspiration for black boys

03.12.08
London's most impressive black role models were named by the Government as ministers urged young British people to follow the examples of Barack Obama and Lewis Hamilton... more

The new message for black Britain

06.11.08
AS THE world absorbs the impact of America electing its first black president, Barack Obama is getting down to work naming the first members of his administration. There is still more than two months until his inauguration. So for the moment, the main effect of his election is simply inspirational: the message that you can do something if you want to enough, no matter what your skin colour.... more

Brown 'doomed even if economy recovers'

11.09.08
Gordon Brown's hopes of winning the next general election on the back of an economic recovery have suffered a blow... more

'Get rich culture killing hopes of young people'

14.08.08
Children are turning their back on school because they fear dying before adulthood, a government minister warned... more

Labour rebellion on post offices slashes majority

20.03.08
Five senior London Labour MPs rebelled last night in a vote against the closure of post offices... more

Nigella's recipes are a bit of a mouthful

11.09.07
Nigella Lawson's tempting creations may look easy to recreate, but more than five million adults cannot understand the recipes.... more

Singalong-a-London: the musical we can all join in

20.06.07
Thousands of singers will take part in 10 days of events at venues ranging from libraries to bus routes when Sing London begins next week... more

Great debate on the future of London

13.06.07
A series of five major debates is to be held at Tate Modern to discuss the changing nature of London.... more

The future is mobile

30.05.07
Sue Steward reviews All Tomorrow's Pictures, an exhibition which celebrates the ICA's 60th birthday by getting 59 celebs to take phone pics.... more

Winners to be named at London theatre awards

27.11.06
The wait is almost over. Today we will discover who has triumphed in the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

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