It would be a portal - not devising content itself, but acting as a broker for any UK higher education institution to deliver courses and student services, provided they meet quality thresholds.

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Businesses evaluating how to get in on the Big Data boom need to decide which of three possible roles they want to play: information provider, information broker, or creator of networks through which all that Big Data-driven content and context will flow.

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