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I'm really glad, and grateful for the education I was given.
Me too. It was literally life-changing. I feel sad that both my kids now work with an extra tax on them. My daughter wouldn't have her job without a degree, but my son doesn't have a similar benefit, just more to pay.
I am puzzled by the mechanisms at work here. My suspicion is that there have been a succession of governments and like-minded Vice-Chancellors who were determined that universities should be like businesses, because every good neoliberal knows that this is a moral imperative, and can't possibly fail. Well, it certainly enriched some university managers. But like almost all UK institutions that switched from non-profit to profit-driven in the last 50 years or so, it's been disastrous in many ways.He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar
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