Tory MPs’ calls to ‘save the Open University’ ring hollow

Pleas by Conservative backbenchers for an intervention to help the OU ignore the fact that they recently made it harder to assist under-pressure institutions, says Pam Tatlow

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April 10, 2018

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April 17, 2018

Twitter: @pam_tatlow

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