Rammell backs student rejected by medical school The higher education minister has given his full backing to Majid Ahmed, the A-grade student refused a place at Imperial College London because of a spent conviction 'One day I will become a doctor' Have your say on the ruling

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One in five graduates regret degree choice
July 2: 20% wish they'd chosen a different course, the Guardian's Grad Facts 2008 survey revealed today

Plan for university-primary links
July 2: Universities to be asked to partner primary schools to encourage children to set sights on higher education

Ebb and flow of talent
July 1: Globalisation has made the brain drain an outdated concept. The buzzword now is 'brain circulation'
Comment: How to solve the problem

By the light of the moon
Tim Radford on Donald Olson, the astronomer cracking historical secrets with the aid of celestial bodies

Medical ethics?
Is it fair to bar an exemplary student from medical school because of a spent conviction? Jessica Shepherd reports

Academic fraud: how to solve the problem
In the wake of recent allegations of academic fraud, Geoffrey Alderman and Roger Brown argue that there needs to be an independent inquiry in order to provide the users of British universities with the reassurances they need
The QAA's Peter Williams responds

Wes Streeting: Plenty to shout about
The new NUS president tells Anthea Lipsett about widening participation
In pictures: Past NUS presidents

One man and his 50 hives
With bees at risk, Britain's only professor of apiculture is in great demand, writes Chris Arnot
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League table predicts RAE frontrunners
Universities approach deadline for submissions for 2008 RAE.
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The science of funding
Table: Who came top?
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Blue is the colour if you have mental illness
Improbable research: Mental health patients are feeling blue

Coloured opinion
Why seeing red may be a load of bull

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Donald MacLeod: Time bomb
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Britain lagging in sector growth
Britain's HE system is expanding less rapidly than that of many of its economic competitors, finds OECD.
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Donald MacLeod: Sub-prime sector?

Education worth more to British exports than banking
Education is worth £28bn to UK exports, says report.
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Costs deter foreign students
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Hesa figures for full-time first degree entrants 2006-07
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