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University system 'must be robust'

Universities in England are failing to safeguard degree standards, according to a damning report from MPs. Phil Willis MP, chairman of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills committee, and Dr Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group, which represents the country's top 20 universities, discuss why there has been a significant increase in the number of first and upper second class degrees awarded.

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