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A Point of View: A Point of View: Clive James by BBC

Dec 4, 200910:06Society & Culture

Clive James reflects that in a democracy we must never be complacent about any government initiative and warns of the dangers that a new plan for calculating funding for universities may pose to academic freedom.

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