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Too many people go to university

30 Jan 2007

Speakers: Ceci Mourkogiannis, Baroness Onora O'Neill, Mary Ann Sieghart, Anatole Kaletsky, Claire Fox, Jenna Nicholas, Sir Clement Freud

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Chapters

• Introduction: Too many people go to university

  Sir Clement Freud

  1 min 50 sec

• University is now treated as a means to an end

  Claire Fox

  12 min 50 sec

• The role of the university has changed

  Baroness Onora O'Neill

  9 min 10 sec

• Statistics must not get in the way of high quality education

  Jenna Nicholas

  8 min 10 sec

• More people should go to university

  Ceci Mourkogiannis

  10 min

• Too many university places could be harmful for society

  Anatole Kaletsky

  12 min 29 sec

• Increased participation benefits society

  Mary Ann Sieghart

  8 min 33 sec

• Questions: Too many people go to university

  23 min 28 sec

• Summations: Too many people go to university

  9 min 23 sec

• Final Vote: Too many people go to university

  3 min 27 sec

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