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This report, known as the 'Augar Report' (216 page PDF), has commanded univocal attention from the British educational media over the last few days. Reaction has been mixed. Many critics agree with the assessment from the Financial Times to the effect that "the Augar panel's wider proposals on reforms to student finance are regressive.... Shockingly, Augar proposes — explicitly — that the changes come at the expense of lower and middle-earning graduates, who would pay more." As Justine Greeing opines, it "represents much that has gone wrong in British politics." Hard to disagree. Much more on Augar from University World News, TES, The Conversation, The Guardian, HESA (Alex Usher), WonkHE (which has no fewer than 16 articles on Augar), Schools Week,

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