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  I am a Bennite when it comes to education - i.e. we should have access to education from the day we are born to the day we die.
  
  Having said that we have to recognise the world we live in and that education costs.
  
  One solution is:
  Universities should be for the 10-15% of A level students (about 1/3rd of the current intake) that want to engage in the pursuit of academia.
  
  We should recreate Polytechnics and move all technical or vocational degree qualifications to these institutions, but keep them small by agreeing specialisms and working with industry/business to sponsor/support relevant courses where appropriate to do so. (probably 25-30% of A level students). We should also be looking to get these bodies to provide mature students with professional qualifications via night school or day release.
  
  We should "beef up" local colleges of further education to offer not only A levels, but also NVQs, ONDs & HNDs developed in association with local businesses, perhaps tied into apprenticeships or job club schemes, (would cater for any one else who wants to pursue an qualification based education).
  
  Finally, non examinable courses of all flavours should be offered by local education authorities (for nominal fees) using the facilities in local secondary schools so that everyone can learn when they want to.

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