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Meredith Kercher

Family speaks out ahead of Kercher hearing »

Relatives of murdered student voice their disgust as leaks hamper police investigation.

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Scottish post-grads given 18 days to pay after debt called in »

Deferment for second degrees abandoned in an attempt to fill gap in finances

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Less than half of all school students currently take a GCSE in a foreign language

Cambridge announces further changes to admissions process »

26 Mar  Foreign language requirement dropped in effort attract state school pupils

Minimal rise in the number of female university professors »

16 Mar  Union welcomes increase in female representation despite continued inequality

Students call on UCL to ditch links to arms trade »

16 Mar  Protesters call for commitment to ethical investment from London university

Scottish Parliament votes to scrap Graduate Endowment »

12 Mar  Bill to scrap £2,289 levy on graduates passes despite Labour and Conservative opposition

Nick Griffin

Oxbridge debating societies in turmoil »

26 Feb  Three Cambridge Union officers resign after violence at debate, while accusations of electoral foul play plague Oxford Union presidential campaigns

UCAS claimed that figures were "encouraging"

Report shows large increase in applications to study in the UK »

26 Feb  UCAS figures reveal almost 7 per cent increase in applications to universities and colleges in 2008

Cambridge application needs to be "as straightforward as possible for applicants"

Cambridge set to scrap separate application process »

26 Feb  Application designed to attract more applicants from 'non-traditional' backgrounds

US Flag

Students offering alternative to the mainstream »

15 Feb  National daily student newspaper launched in the US to cover US Presidential race

Exam cheats found guilty of fraud »

15 Feb  A city banker and a 23 year- old student are facing jail sentences after a 17 month exam conspiracy was uncovered in York.

Hundreds of anti- racism campaigners gathered outsdie to oppse the event

Protests held as 'fascists' speak at Oxford »

03 Dec  1,000 gather to oppose far-right presence at freedom of speech debate

Fresher drank himself to death, inquest rules »

26 Mar  University of Exeter first-year choked on own vomit during society initiation drinking binge

Government to drop oral language exams »

16 Mar  Decline in uptake of language courses at GCSE level blamed on tests being "too stressful"

Cuts in funding for second degrees »

15 Feb  Tory motion opposing the plan defeated

Thousands of student bursaries go unclaimed »

15 Feb  12,000 bursaries for students from low income households go unclaimed according to a report from The Office for Fair Access

Inside the Pantheon

Secret restorers of the Panthéon clock cleared of lawbreaking »

03 Dec  The Paris Court of Justice released members of an underground organisation

Meredith Kercher

Leeds University holds memorial service for murdered student »

20 Nov  Students at the University of Leeds remember Meridith Kercher, the student murdered in Italy whilst on the ERASMUS exchange program.

Facebook

University shuts down Facebook group »

20 Nov  Facebook group Simon Pemberton Appreciation Society shut down after intervention from university

Anger as far-right invited to speak at Oxford University »

05 Nov  A campaign is to be launched in opposition to Nick Griffin and David Irving being invited to speak at Oxford University

Student Sleeping on Small Fortune »

05 Nov  A student who found a painting in the back of a couch has seen it sell for 19,000 euros at auction.

Durham Dean suspended after allegations of plagiarism »

05 Nov  Tony Antoniou, former Dean of The University of Durham's buisness school suspended for Plagiarism

Students have a large number of essays to write

£500 per essay: Cambridge students cash in on "cheating" »

05 Nov  Over 500 Cambridge students employed by essay-buying website, OxbridgeEssays.com

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