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Remember the days when only a couple of percent of population went to uni, a bigger block to polys and colleges but many straight into jobs. But that made our figures look lousy worldwide where loads of people went to university so you make all the polys and colleges universities, change all the qualifications to degrees and suddenly you can't afford it anymore so goodbye free first degree and grant, hello fees and loans.
But we can't go back because all the universities have expanded to accommodate the extra numbers and can't return to the old ways.