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Two overwhelming facts about women today are that the world is facing a remarkable shortage of females and that they are becoming the better-educated gender.
A British education minister said he sees no reason why white working-class males shouldn't be treated as any other minority group by universities.
Britain's government says it will increase its spending on space technology by $95 million in each of the next two years.
Less than a week before the deadline for applications, nearly a third of British universities report they still have thousands of spaces open for students.
British lawmakers are debating whether to give the queen a $91.8 million yacht, paid for with public funds, as part of this year's diamond jubilee celebration.
The funding body overseeing scientific research in Britain is making "disastrous errors" that threaten the future of U.K science endeavors, scientists charge.
More than 300 British prison inmates taking college courses behind bars have received government grants and loans intended for non-prisoner students.
Members of the British Conservative Party announced Wednesday that in order to improve social mobility, they would seek an end to grammar schools.
British government statistics show the total debt for 1,866 public schools nationwide was more than $212 million last year.
Shadow secretary of trade and industry David Willetts called on the British government to criticize the European Union over the Chinese textile dispute.
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