Helping to point out places like this and think through ways to move toward quality for students without locking the system further into its monolithic origins would be a big help now.

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Southeastern has hired a big proxy solicitation firm to help plan its strategy.

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Michael Levack, chief executive of the Scottish Building Federation, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the Scottish Government could help the industry by speeding up its big building projects - including a promise of 35, 000 new homes to be allocated as social housing for rent.

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