The government’s interference in university admissions is unjustified – and may yet push our strongest institutions to go it alone
It is a well-worn tactic for politicians to distract attention from their own failures by picking on an outside target. Thus Nick Clegg’s recent attack on Oxford and Cambridge last month for proposing a maximum of £9,000 in tuition fees.
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