Lord Patten demonstrates his erudition in a book review for the Financial Times today - looking, from his position as Chancellor of Oxford University, across the current condition of higher education across the UK.
Here's a useful quote; one the Controller of BBC1, Danny Cohen, might ponder as he prepares to unleash The V-Factor - sorry, that should read "The Voice" - next month.
"It is reasonable to worry about what underfunding the pursuit of knowledge does to our cultural and social vitality in Europe and to the legacy that we will bequeath to future generations: better, perhaps, to win Nobel prizes than The X Factor."
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