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  1. Former Tesco boss: Higher tuition fees boost academic standards; current students treat uni like "three-year gap year" tinyurl.com/c354n9m about 1 hour ago via web
  2. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan tinyurl.com/8y8scd8 about 1 hour ago via web
  3. Pomp and pageantry on the Thames - historical perspective bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-… about 1 hour ago via web
  4. Royal Household staff list released online bbc.in/KPderz via @HistoryToday and @sixteenthCgirl 1:11 AM Jun 1st via web
  5. Hull University hands out food parcels to students as testing times bite tinyurl.com/83kgxu9 12:55 AM Jun 1st via web
  6. Blackfriars Priory, dating back to 1270 AD, back in business in Gloucester tinyurl.com/ceo9qvq 12:50 AM Jun 1st via web
  7. Postgraduate students are being used as 'slave labour' tinyurl.com/bml4waz Been there, done that. 1:14 AM May 31st via web
  8. @walkingthefield The article mainly refers to 1960s foundations rather than the 1m+ ones. But I suppose they count. 1:11 AM May 31st via web in reply to walkingthefield
  9. Conan Doyle's home saved from redevelopment tinyurl.com/87znbul 1:08 AM May 31st via web
  10. UK ill prepared for high skill economy as 1 in 5 can't read or write; needs to address qualifications gap. (The Times) 1:05 AM May 31st via web
  11. York on place 8, followed by Lancaster (9), East Anglia (10) , Warwick (13). (The Times) 1:03 AM May 31st via web
  12. UK has more outstanding young universities than any other country, acc to rankings of institutions less than 50 years old. (The Times) 1:01 AM May 31st via web
  13. Immigration policies will damage higher education, say education experts tinyurl.com/c49k5v5 12:45 AM May 30th via web
  14. London, France's sixth biggest city: The French first came en masse to the East End in the 17th Century. tinyurl.com/7dnp3ye 12:44 AM May 30th via web