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Making the Grade

David Goodhart says 'the university sector's 40-year grip on the public imagination as the gatekeeper to the good life appears finally to be loosening.'

David Goodhart says that with 40% of universities facing deficits and, he believes, too many graduates chasing too few graduate jobs, it's time for a rethink on universities.

And he has a reassuring message for those who didn't make the grade in Thursday's A level results.

Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Jonathan Glover
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Editor: Tom Bigwood

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Sun 18 Aug 202408:48
BBC Radio 4

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