Is i-Culture getting out of hand?

Ann Treneman is joined by Matthew Parris, Libby Purves and Fay Schlesinger.Matthew Parris: "Ukraine: the Western powers should have decided in advance what their sticking point was, and privately communicated this to Moscow. Obviously it should have been that Russia could have Ukraine without a fuss if it was done in an orderly way. Instead they've squawked their protests at every inch taken, usually after it's been taken. The impression is simply of impotent and uncoordinated posturing."Libby Purves: "45 % of university graduates probably won’t ever earn enough to repay their tuition fees and loans That a government calculation, and means that the whole policy will have cost more than the old grants - like PFI, its another example of current governments shoving debt on future generations. And the real scandal is that a lot of those students are not actually getting 27k worth of teaching....And meanwhile, we overvalue even the most dubious degrees and undervalue vocational courses."Fay...

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Release date

Lydbog: 25. marts 2014