Sir Steve Smith responds to Michael Barber's 'An avalanche is coming'

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IPPR spoke to Steve Smith, vice chancellor of Exeter University and former president of Universities UK, to find out what he thought of the arguments put forward by Michael Barber in An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead, and what he thinks the future of higher education will look like.

Sir Steve Smith responds to Michael Barber's 'An avalanche is coming'

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