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US and British institutions once again dominate an annual worldwide league table of universities published Thursday, but there is a fresh name at the top, unseating long-time leader Harvard.California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts institution from the summit of ...

Descended from coal miners, the family of royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton is held up in class-obsessed Britain as a shining example of social mobility.Kate may have attended one of the most elite schools in England before going on to Scotland's most prestigious ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While poverty is usually associated with greater health risks, a study published Monday suggests that young teens from middle- to higher-income families may be somewhat more likely than their less affluent peers to use alcohol.UK researchers found ...

Donors are pressing the Kenyan authorities to prosecute education ministry staff implicated in a recent 100-million-dollar graft scandal, a joint statement said Wednesday.The World Bank, the UN children's fund and the development agencies of Britain and Canada called on Kenya to "hand ...

Today, the protesters will be out again on the streets of London, marching against this Coalition's plans for higher education. The public subsidy for higher education is massive - this year the Government will spend around ?5 billion on teaching costs in ...

According to Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project, caregivers experience high levels of compassion fatigue. Tara Parker-Pope in the New York Times in 2007 said: 'Giving is the gift that gives back. Warren Buffett and Bill & Melinda Gates are modern-day benefactors, appealing directly ...

More than 2,000 students stormed the Italian Senate Thursday to protest education cuts and called on the education minister to resign, police in Rome said. During the protest, some students chanted "resign, resign," a call ANSA said was directed at Education Minister ...

How long until we finally produce an education system that works for London? And now, the Gove offensive, which promises to do great Swedish things but is already bedevilled with low take-up of his free schools and a suspicion (at least in ...

Students will return to the streets today in a series of rallies and marches to protest against increases in university tuition fees.. Organisers said feelings were still running high following the demonstration in London by 50,000 students and lecturers two weeks ago ...

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Topic: United Kingdom

Harvard toppled from top of worldwide rankings

Oxford 4th, Cambridge 6th in university rankings

From mines to palaces: the upwardly mobile Middletons

Teens from wealthier families may drink more

Kenya must prosecute education graft culprits: donors

Before protesting, students need to get the facts straight

Charity and Compassion Fatigue Is Wearing Down Fundraising

2,000 students storm Italian Senate

We have failed our schoolchildren for far too long

Students march again over higher university fees

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