FINANCIAL TIMES

The Law Society is to check the quality of all undergraduate law degree courses in England and Wales.

THE GUARDIAN

Geoffrey Alderman argues that the American model of positive discrimination in admissions policies will not help racial equality on British campuses.

Richard Evans, professor of modern history at Cambridge 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, and Alun Munslow, professor of history and historical theory at Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, lock horns over the former's book Telling Lies About Hitler: History, the Holocaust and the David Irving Trial .

John Randall, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, hits back at the attack on teaching quality assessments.

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THE INDEPENDENT

Universities should have a substantial financial carrot from the government for attracting students from poor families, MPs will urge in a report.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Children perform better at school and are emotionally healthier if their parents row in front of them instead of keeping arguments a secret, researchers from Cardiff 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ claim.

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A Tory proposal that home addresses of key personnel and shareholders involved in animal research should be protected has been welcomed by the government.

THE TIMES

Formidable vested interests will have to be confronted if the House of Commons education select committee is to succeed in revolutionising university admissions.

The Bar (the group of UK lawyers specialising in court appearance) is to be opened to students from less privileged backgrounds under a multimillion-pound reform package agreed by the profession's governing body.

MISCELLANY

The nimble fingers of early modern humans might have helped to drive the Neanderthals into extinction, says research from the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of New Mexico, Albuquerque. ( Daily Telegraph , Times )

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Historic copies of comics, including The Beano , The Dandy and Eagle , are believed to have been stolen from the British Library. ( Independent , Times )

Geneticists at the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of California, San Diego, have unlocked the secret of transforming a plant's leaves into petals. ( Daily Telegraph , Times )