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What is education for?

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The Education Divide in Politics

Education tended to be education into a way of thinking, a way of being that was almost always narrow. And the idea that knowledge is something more than privilege, I think we need to recognize is a pretty recent idea. The vast expansion of the university sector has made graduates versus non-graduates one of the key dividing lines in our politics. But if you're over 65, the chance that you went to university are very, very slim.

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