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Combating Increased University Fees

With more and more universities revealing that from 2012 they are going to start charging the maximum amount of £9,000 per year for UK and EU students, there have been a number of suggestions of how to minimize the impact it has on the students. In the last few days two more alternatives have been put forward.

The Open University

Firstly, the Open University announced yesterday that it will be charging just £5,000 per year for full-time students, making it one of the cheapest universities in England. Similarly,

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Hear All 12 Mercury Music Prize Nominees

This year's Mercury Music Prize nominees have been announced with the usual mixture of well known superstars and obscure jazz musicians. The annual prize is awarded to the best British album of the year as chosen by music industry experts and journalists, and is well known for its diverse choices of winners.

Whilst you will have probably heard of previous winners such as Dizzee Rascal, Arctic Monkeys and Elbow, chances are you haven't heard of acts such as Speech Debelle and Talvin Singh. It is this diversity that marks the Mercury Prize as so unlike most other music awards, and helps create the prestige surrounding it. The winning artist not only gets the glory, but also a cheque for £20,000 and usually a huge boost in album sales.

This year, the nominees are typically varied. Some have had huge number 1 hits, whilst others almost no one will have heard of before. Here we go through the 12 acts nominated, and give you the chance to listen to each one of them.

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Round up of the Week (18-7-11)

Every week we bring you a round up of all the student news from the past week, as well as the trends hitting the web at the moment. This week's includes 

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Tom Lewis Thrills at British Open

The oldest of the four major championships in golf, the British Open, teed off yesterday at the Royal St George's Golf Club in Kent. The current leaderboard is an odd mix of experience and youth, with English amateur Tom Lewis sharing top spot with the 40-year-old Dane Thomas Bjorn.

In sharing the lead overnight, the previously unknown Tom Lewis has set all sorts or records. It is the first time an amateur has led the championship in 43 years and his first round of 65 (five under par) is a record score by an amateur at the Open. Understandably, Lewis is ecstatic with his progress, revealing:

"I was just thrilled to be here, but to shoot 65 the first round was something I wouldn't have thought. I was just happy to get the drive off the tee at the first."

However, any thoughts of winning the tournament are a long way away, as there is still another three rounds of 18 holes to play before a winner is announced. What's more, if there are two or more players tied after all that, there is then a four-hole playoff to decide who pockets the £900,000 winner's pot.

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Rebekah Brooks Resigns from News International

News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks has resigned from her post after sustained pressure from the media, government and public for the last fortnight. Her departure comes less than a week after the News of the World newspaper, of which Brooks was editor for three years, was closed down.

It was revealed two weeks ago that the British paper, which is owned by News International, had hacked thousands of people's mobile phones whilst Brooks was editor, including murdered teenager Milly Dowler. Ever since, Rupert Murdoch owned News International has come in for intense criticism from all sides and Brooks' resignation had seemed inevitable. Still, it is a big blow for the news company, with Ms Brooks Murdoch's most senior newspaper executive in Britain.

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