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Grade threshold ‘exemptions for poorest’ risk Treasury rift

Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision

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Grade threshold ‘exemptions for poorest’ risk Treasury rift

Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision

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Hinds’ ‘interventions’ seen as softening ground for Augar reforms

The Augar review should beware of pandering to political whim

Augar review caught in tussle over timing and Treasury control

Chris Skidmore: don’t put a lid on university access

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