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SCOUT· 18%1h 01m·2026-10-25·HistoryCan Universities Survive? The Great Expansion
Past Present Future · 338
In today’s episode for our series about the plight facing universities David talks to political theorist Alan Finlayson about what’s happened to higher education in the UK since 1945. It is a story of massive expansion in the number of universities and numbers of students. What was the original rationale for this…
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