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Oxford student aiming to crowdfund her master's degree hits back at critics for calling her a 'posh brat'
29 July 2014 01:00 PM
Emily-Rose Eastop was accepted on an MSc course but had been unable to find the £26,000 needed for her degree
29 July 2014 01:00 PM
Emily-Rose Eastop was accepted on an MSc course but had been unable to find the £26,000 needed for her degree
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If you are applying for a place at Oxford or Cambridge and the interviewer says: "Tell me about a banana," you might feel a burning desire to reply, in John McEnroe-esque terms: "You cannot be serious!" But you should keep a straight face and answer the question, according to a new guide.
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The pop star’s work may not be high art, but the US professor behind a new Cyrus syllabus believes it is a gateway to the analysis of race, class and gender
07 April 2014 06:45 PM
More than half of black and ethnic minority lecturers and staff believe they have suffered racial discrimination at university, according to new research.
02 April 2014 12:07 AM
The first decline in the number of international students at English universities for almost three decades is revealed in research published today.
28 February 2014 11:07 AM
The Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has been named the new chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire.
24 February 2014 01:25 PM
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09 February 2014 01:07 PM
London-based New College of the Humanities to make offers based on interviews and earlier exam scores
29 January 2014 09:15 PM
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22 January 2014 10:42 AM
Science, maths, medicine and engineering degrees will all now require at least two A*s and one A
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