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  I worked in a university for 35 years. Things went rapidly downhill when Tony Blair decided 50% of school-leavers should study for a degree.
  
  Stupid idea, nowhere near 50% of jobs need a degree and nowhere near 50% of students are capable of benefitting from getting one.
  
  (Though of course the figure was achieved with a fudge by rebranding colleges and the certificates they awarded as universities offering degrees, and with a few exceptions, without the staff or facilities to provide one up to the standard of traditional universities.)

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