By Javier Espinoza. Britain could add trillions to its economy if it only had education standards of Poland, Vietnam and Estonia, a new report shows. Read more...
17 mai 2015
Want to add trillions to the UK economy? Improve education
The 10 universities attended by Cabinet members
According to the Sutton Trust, of the 28 new Cabinet ministers, 50 per cent went to Oxbridge. This compares with 32 per cent of backbench Conservative MPs in the 2015 Parliament, and 26 per cent of all MPs. But where did the rest of the Cabinet attend university. Read more...
Half of the new Cabinet 'went to Oxbridge'
By Josie Gurney-Read. Half of David Cameron's new Cabinet were privately educated and half went to Oxbridge, research by the Sutton Trust can reveal. Search our table here. Read more...
Thomas Piketty to investigate inequality in new role at LSE
By Larry Elliott. The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been appointed centennial professor at a new institute looking into global inequality. More...
The benefits of studying copyright law? They're patently obvious
By Oli Palmer. Copyright law is at the centre of huge music and tech disputes – and its complexity forces students to become creative. More...
Science careers: doomed at the outset
By . Has it become harder for graduate students to thrive, and are our best potential scientists giving up on academia. More...
Asian American groups file racial quotas complaint against Harvard University
By Associated Press. More than 60 Chinese, Indian, Korean and Pakistani groups came together for the case, which was filed with civil rights offices. More...
EU science funding: 'the UK cannot afford to lose out on this pot of money'
By Matthew Freeman. Of course the EU’s frustratingly bureaucratic, but it pays for much of the UK’s science research and innovation. More...
Cannes 2015: graduate 'overwhelmed' by surprise short film nomination
By Dalya Alberge. Patriot, Eva Riley’s 15-minute film about a far-right group, shortlisted for Short Film Palme d’Or from more than 4,550 submissions. More...
Oxford University’s books are looking good as it raises £2bn
By Sally Weale. Institution has the fastest-growing endowment of any European university, while almost 18% of its alumni donated in 2013-14. More...
