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Male graduates more likely to be unemployed six months after leaving university than women
Thursday 27 June 2013
Male graduates are more likely to be unemployed six months after leaving university than women, according to official statistics.
Keira Knightley may co-star as 'complicated love interest' with Benedict Cumberbatch in Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game
Friday 07 June 2013
The Atonement actress is thought to be up for the part of Joan Clarke who worked at Bletchley Park and was briefly engaged to the homosexual Enigma code-breaker
Dr Dre co-founds $70m institute for aspiring moguls at University of Southern California
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Hip-hop mogul Dr Dre — real name Andre Young — and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California.
YouTube set to charge for watching some videos
Tuesday 07 May 2013
YouTube is set to announce within a few weeks a series of channels that will require payment, an industry source has revealed.
Become a teacher: Help nuture the next generation of computer scientists
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Teaching can be a rewarding career for graduates, says Glynis Kozma
Inside Tihar Jail: How prison where gang-rape suspect died turned from a notorious jail to a model institution
Monday 11 March 2013
The sprawling Tihar Jail in the west of Delhi, home to around 13,000 inmates, was once notorious across the region.
Continue tweeting after death with LivesOn
Tuesday 05 March 2013
We have become so attached to Twitter and Facebook that a new service will allow us to carry on beyond the grave
Tomb Raider publisher denies pressure to include 'more violence' after game is rated 18 for first time
Monday 04 March 2013
Ian Livingstone, president of Eidos, said Lara Croft's latest adventure includes "gritty realism"
Case study: ‘I still use my PhD notes’
Thursday 31 January 2013
Eben Upton, Computer science graduate
Beyond CCTV: the serious science of surveillance
Wednesday 02 January 2013
Monitoring is becoming ever more advanced, Rob Hastings finds
Police release more details of bow and arrow grisly murder-suicide in Wyoming
Sunday 02 December 2012
Police released more details of a grisly murder-suicide at a Wyoming community college, saying a man shot his father in the head with a bow and arrow in front of a computer science class not long after fatally stabbing his father's live-in girlfriend at their home a couple of miles away.
Teaching our children to ‘read’ and ‘write’ – the case for computer science
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Computer science is a vital, analytical discipline that encourages creativity. This subject, not ICT, is the future of education
The Hydrogen Sonata, By Iain M Banks
Saturday 06 October 2012
The 'Culture' novels celebrate species who know how to enjoy themselves. The fun continues...
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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