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The Idea of a University

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2/5. The Many. By the late 1950s, thousands of 18-year olds were battering at the doors of Britain's handful of universities. But Oxbridge and redbrick alike considered themselves full up. Martha Kearney looks at the moment when the State blessed the birth of a swathe of new universities. Producer Julia Adamson
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Martha Kearney
Producer:
Julia Adamson
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