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World Service,11 May 1990,13 mins

Charging Overseas Students

The Learning World

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The impact of the controversial 'poll tax' or community charge on overseas students. Plus, a report into housing pupils in the UK, and criticism of the traditional British three-subject exams taken at eighteen.

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