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Parents using Facebook to "spy" on children at university, says government »

Parents on Facebook

A government survey has shown that parents are increasingly embracing the world of modern technology in order to stay connected with their undergraduate offspring. Facebook has become one of the most popular means of keeping in touch, with parents ope...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Emma Blinkhorn | Read more »

London student unions push to ban military presence on campus »

Royals in uniform

University College London Union (UCLU) has followed the London School of Economics (LSE) and Goldsmiths College student unions in attempting to ban any military presence on campus.UCLU has attacked the government for waging "aggressive wars overse...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Education Minister undermines NUS »

National Union of Students

England's Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell, stressed the importance of confronting extremism through open debate in a lecture delivered on Tuesday 27 November.Mr Rammell addressed the Fabian Society in London, criticising the National Union of S...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Drowning in a sea of broken promises »

The Journal

I am slightly concerned that my column is in danger of turning into a little bit of an anti-Nationalist rant. I think it's common knowledge that there's really very little risk of my swanning off and joining the SNP any time soon, but nevertheless, I...

Tue 20 Nov 2007 by Tim Goodwin | Read more »

News Shorts »

News Shorts. Wear Them.

Plummeting Pensioner marks centenary A Scottish woman has marked her 100th birthday by paragliding off a 2,500 foot peak in northern Cyprus. Peggy McAlpine, a great-grandmother from Stirling, became the world’s oldest extreme sportswoman on 1 Nov...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Veteran singer to launch new 'Invincible University' »

David Lynch and Donovan

In these heady days of rap music, ecstasy and Myspace the average student couldn’t be further away from the supposedly mellow days of the 1960s. But a new initiative by Scottish folk singer Donovan could see the fire of Free Love reignited in the...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Miles Johnson | Read more »

News

700 students attend library 'work-in'

Arts and Entertainment

A (Free) Night At The Opera

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