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David Willetts: student myth-maker

The foolish remarks made by the new universities minister merely perpetuate the ridiculous myth that all students are lazy, drunk, privileged, and a waste of public money.

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The Iron Lady and the tramp

Why Sarah Palin doesn't deserve an official meeting with Lady Thatcher

A man on Mars may mean life after earth

Necessity suggests we could head to the red planet. Greed will take us there.

Confidently incompetent

The public may always think it knows best, but our new Prime Minister would do well to reign in their worrying suspicion of competency. Sadly, his education policy suggests otherwise.

TK Maxx vs. My Degree

The retail sector in Cambridge is proving incompatible with my work ethic