And if this can be delivered we will have the satisfaction of producing graduates who can make a realcontribution to companies of all sizes anywhere in a rapidly shrinking business world.
No analyst would claim that the oil sector's contribution to real growth could be reliably measured using nominal dollars with oil prices rising sharply over the last year.
Mr Miliband has asked a number of questions to ministers since the leadership election, but he used his first substantial Commons contribution to warn MPs that the legislation "aims at irrevocable change and threatens real harm".
Despite these real concerns over unsustainable abstraction rates and pollution, groundwater resources, if carefully managed, can make a major contribution to meeting the demand for water in the future and to adapting to climate change.