Tag: Opportunities
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May vows to fix ‘broken’ tuition fees system
Is university overrated? Tuition fee cuts could be coming as the PM launches a funding review. But some claim students need better alternatives to university — not just cheaper degrees.
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Einstein’s theory of happiness sold for $1.6m
What is the key to a good life? Albert Einstein had an answer. This week, a note in which the physicist set out his views on happiness sold for a huge sum. But not everyone agrees…
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Rio Ferdinand swaps boots for boxing gloves
Should we all have more than one big goal in life? Rio Ferdinand aims to win a professional boxing title within 12 months. But some think he has made a “dangerous” decision.
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Harvard’s rejection of murderer divides USA
Should convicted murderer Michelle Jones have been given a place at Harvard? When it was taken away, her extraordinary story triggered a furious debate about crime and punishment in the USA.
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Google worker: ‘blame biology for gender gap’
An employee at Google has argued that the lack of women in top tech jobs is all down to biological differences between the sexes. Typical Silicon Valley sexism — or is there something in it?
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Brazilian icon smashes world transfer record
Neymar has joined Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona, becoming the most expensive footballer in history. Transfer fees have exploded this summer, but is it good for the game?
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Luck, genes and the limits of parenting
Your path in life largely depends on how your parents treated you. Or so we think. An academic is arguing that the influence of parents is overrated. So what exactly makes us who we are?
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Photo of black Cambridge students goes viral
An image aimed at inspiring black people to apply to Cambridge has spread on social media. It revives a time-old debate: what can the UK’s top universities do about their diversity problem?
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Budget 2017: new ‘T-levels’ to match A-levels
Wednesday’s budget will very probably contain a radical plan to improve technical training for British teenagers. But with automation taking over the workplace, is it too little, too late?
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Brightest kids shun university, says top head
A prestigious school’s headteacher has cast doubt on the value of degrees. He says education should prepare children for the world of work. Are we too quick to send students to university?
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Robots threaten 15m UK jobs, warns Carney
The governor of the Bank of England has said automation could soon leave half of Britain’s workforce unemployed. A portent of a dire future? Or could a world without work be liberating?
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Roses and teardrops: the trouble with tattoos
Throughout the West, tattoos are entering the mainstream. Celebrities, news presenters and even Barbie dolls now wear them. So why are they still seen as a barrier to a good career?
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Universities under fire for ‘babying’ students
Thousands of students will be greeted by educational workshops and new rules on their behaviour when they start university and college this month. Is this repressive coddling of the young?
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I deserve to be pardoned, says whistleblower
As a film of his story hits cinemas, the controversial Edward Snowden has publicly appealed to Barack Obama for a presidential pardon. What is this? And should it even exist?
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The future: godlike elites and useless masses
Step one: Uber launches a driverless car fleet in Pittsburgh. Step two: machines take over and millions become useless. Almost precisely as one brilliant academic has just predicted.