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Old January 16th 05, 09:50 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tom Cordiner Tom Cordiner is offline
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StaticFish wrote:


2) Actaully smartarse, It used to be Roehampton Instutute, but as of
around 2000 it has University status. I do a computer programing
course. A seperate cambus from the teaching section. so Shhh


My point exactly - it was renamed as a university when labour devalued
degrees by converting polys into universities and giving them degree
awarding powers.

Most of this 'devaluation' was done in 1992 by the Conservative
government. The Further and Higher Education Act (1992) granted
university status to most of the national network of polytechnics and
colleges.

Despite being a Cambridge snob (!) I was under the impression
Roehamption was one of the better new universities?

Tom
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