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by pjc50 204 days ago
The UK collapsed the poly/uni distinction thirty or so years ago, as it was seen as a source of class discrimination.
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Enk1du 204 days ago
> The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education [0]

It was more about reducing budgets. That Conservative government was not filled with class warriors. Oh, how times have changed.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_and_Higher_Education_A...

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graemep 204 days ago
Really? That was the motive?

It actually made it a lot worse if anything.

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