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Healthcare graduates most satisfied with choice of course, UK data shows

Official agency’s figures indicate those who took journalism or marketing far more likely to regret their decision

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025

A $1 Billion Reason to Buy IonQ Stock Today

IonQ stock rallies as the UK’s regulator approves its $1 billion acquisition of Oxford Ionics. CEO Peter Chapman believes the deal is largely bullish for IONQ shares.

Barchart · Sep 12, 2025

Merck's Exit Highlights UK Risks Losing Pharma Investment Amid Rising Costs

The U.K. faces a growing risk of losing pharmaceutical investment. That’s according to Oxford professor John Bell, a scientist who was involved in coordinating government and industry efforts during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Benzinga · Sep 12, 2025

The French film star, the fake Irish aristocrat and the missing €7m

Trial to open in Nice of Thierry Fialek-Birles, accused of an ‘elaborate fraud’ against the actor and director Dany Boon

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

Why the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain

ANALYSIS: The harmful and racist foundations of craniometry have now been discredited, reports Elise Smith, but it had Victorian scientists captivated

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

How the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain’s scientists

The recent publication of the University of Edinburgh’s Review of Race and History has drawn attention to its “skull room”: a collection of 1,500 human craniums procured for study in the 19th century.

The Conversation · Aug 21, 2025

Portsmouth student from Turkey aims for Oxbridge after all grade 9 GCSE success

Tuna Lokman, who came to the UK when he was 10, says his dream is to get into Oxford or Cambridge to study maths or data science.

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds

Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2025

I got an AI to impersonate me and teach me my own course – here’s what I learned about the future of education

Imagine you had an unlimited budget for individual tutors offering hyper-personalised courses that maximised learners’ productivity and skills development. This summer I previewed this idea – with a ridiculous and solipsistic test.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2025

‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new direction

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025