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This House would privatise Britain's universities

An original debate on a topic not debated much at the Union Society. Calls into question future Higher Education funding and what may happen to future students at our university.

Proposition
Terence Kealey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham
George Freeman, Party Parliamentary candidate for the Conservatives
Ed Cumming, Varsity writer

Opposition
Professor Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol
Dr Helen Valentine, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Cambridge of Anglia Ruskin University
Sofie Buckland, National Union of Students & Education Not for Sale

Venue: Chamber

Date: Thu 17th January, 2008 at 7:30pm


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