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November 30, 2009

An interesting development in the future of news media emerged this month, when Rupert Murdoch not only made further threats to charge for all online content on The Sunday Times’ website, but also declared that he would have all News International material removed from Google search results, insisting that displaying the copy from his web [...]

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SLC fat cat-astrophe

The news that the Student Loans Company (SLC) paid its staff almost £2 million in bonuses last year is difficult to accept when there are still tens of thousands of students still waiting for their financial support.
It is almost the end of the first term and yet there are still thousands of university students waiting [...]

Unreconstructed views

It came to light this week that the recent plans announced by the principal to change the structure of the University have caused much concern amongst the staff.
UCUG, the union for university staff at Glasgow, has stated that its members are suffering from stress as a direct result of these proposals — which must surely [...]

Science, schmience

There has been a disturbing trend developing, one that extends from the highest levels of government through to the general public. We are entering a phase where science is taking a backseat to rhetoric; where rationality is being suspended in favour of populist rabble-rousing, and at the risk of pointing fingers, blame for this phenomena [...]


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