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George Osborne urged to drop 50p tax rate

07.09.11
The 50 pence rate was introduced by the former Labour government in April 2010 on annual taxable incomes above £150,000... more

Bus driver denies charges over death of medical student

25.08.11
A former bus driver has denied causing the death of a Cambridge University medical student who was dragged for more than half a mile under the wheels of a double decker... more

Cambridge sex attacker targets eight students

01.06.11
A bike-riding serial sex attacker who targets Cambridge University students is being hunted by police... more

Plea over journalist missing in Syria

03.05.11
Cambridge University has called for the safe release of a former press fellow and journalist who is missing in Syria... more

Privacy alert on plan for mobile phones on Tube

07.03.11
Plans to allow mobile phone calls on the Tube raise major privacy concerns, a leading computer security expert warned today... more

Porn star to appear at Cambridge University debate

16.02.11
A hardcore porn star will feature in a debate about pornography at one of the world's most famous universities, students say... more

Pink Floyd guitarist's son in court over stealing mannequin leg at tuition fees riots

10.02.11
Son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is set to appear in court today charged with violent disorder during a student fees protest... more

I struggled with a stammer just like George VI, says top headteacher

27.01.11
The head of a top London school revealed that he was initially turned down for a teaching course because he had a stammer... more

Ten London academy children set for Cambridge

24.01.11
Ten sixth-form pupils from a city academy in one of London's most deprived boroughs have been offered places at Cambridge University... more

Universities' challenge is far more than rising fees

21.12.10
No-one has a clear idea of what the consequences of this funding revolution will be for the character of higher education in this country... more

Rude face doesn't fit Countdown

04.11.10
The producers of Channel 4 game show Countdown had to axe a round after a student offered up an expletive during filming... more

Leaving clocks on summer time worth £700m to London tourism

29.10.10
Capital's economy would be boosted by more than £700million a year if the clocks were not turned back in winter, a new study has found... more

Double tragedy: Student suicide after friend killed by London bus

15.10.10
Brilliant Cambridge University student is believed to have committed suicide after his close friend was run over and killed by a London bus... more

Bus driver in death crash case: I didn’t know that I’d hit anyone

04.10.10
Bus driver arrested over an accident in which a medical student was killed and her body dragged for up to a mile has told bosses that he did not know he had struck someone... more

Boy who broke GCSE record at five is off to Cambridge

02.09.10
15-year-old boy becomes the youngest student for more than 200 years to secure a place at Cambridge University... more

Experts reveal how chip and pin is open to fraud

12.02.10
Computer researchers claim to have found flaws in the chip and pin system through which criminals are using stolen cards... more

Anger as ministers ignore call to overhaul ‘Victorian school system’

16.10.09
Ministers were condemned today for rejecting the most comprehensive inquiry into primary education for 40 years... more

Women edge out men to take the high-status jobs

11.08.09
Woman have staged a 'quiet revolution in the workplace' and now hold down more high-status jobs than men, research suggests... more

Women edge out men to take the high-status jobs

11.08.09
Women have staged a 'quiet revolution in the workplace' and now hold down more high-status jobs than men, research suggests... more

Cambridge University diversity in Proms show

23.07.09
Forget centenaries, bicentenaries, tercentenaries. Let's celebrate Cambridge University's founding 800 years ago. ... more

Scientists cast doubts over sperm ‘made in laboratory’

08.07.09
British scientists were today claiming to have made medical history by creating human sperm in the laboratory... more

Now Imperial College demands A* at A-level

18.03.09
Imperial College London is to join Cambridge University in demanding the new A* A-level grade from students... more

Education at primaries 'is deficient'

20.02.09
Children's lives are being impoverished by an education that is "fundamentally deficient", a major inquiry concluded... more

Cambridge in row over ball's 'Empire' theme

10.02.09
Students at a Cambridge University college defended their decision to hold an end-of-term ball with a "British Empire" theme... more

Autism test on unborn babies

12.01.09
Pregnant women could soon have babies screened for autism in the same way as they can be tested for Down's syndrome, research suggests... 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

Teaching is my escape from the City

12.11.08
Former headhunter James Carter, 29, from West Hampstead, is taking what is fast becoming a well-trodden escape route for City workers and retraining as a teacher... more

Rise and rise of the 'gold standard'

14.08.08
The Government faces fresh criticism of A-level results with another rise in the pass rate... more

'I hope tougher sentences work'

16.07.08
The father of a cyclist killed in a road collision has welcomed the new sentencing guidelines... more

The Common Pursuit : When cruel capitalism takes hold

29.05.08
A nostalgic wander down memory lane when chaps had girlfriends with nice names like Marigold says Robert Gore-Langton.... more


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