What we are seeing in higher education is cause for worry.

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He has been an outspoken defender of these universities, and a supporter of the cause of widening participation in higher education.

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Minister for Higher Education again affirmed his personal and government's resolve and commitment to this noble cause.

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Alex Bols, executive director of the 1994 Group of universities said the report was an "important contribution" and that higher education did have an important role to play in aiding social mobility, but some of the recommendations gave "real cause for concern".

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