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  1. Cf. Speech by the Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mr. Anthony Crosland) in the House of Commons debate on “Grants to Universities and Colleges”,Parliamentary Debates (Hansard),House of Commons, Official Report, Vol. 723, Wednesday, 26 January, 1966, column 242.

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  23. Speech delivered at the Woolwich Polytechnic, London, on 27 April, 1965.

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  30. Ibid., columns 312–313.

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Boyle, E. Parliament and university policy. Minerva 5, 3–19 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389789

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