Varsity Blues
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the troubled return of students to British universities. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on what the installation of Charles Moore and Paul Dacre at the BBC and Ofcom means for the future of the press.
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| 1:49.8 | university's debacle and you ask us what if Charles Moore and Paul Daker become in charge of our media? |
| 1:58.6 | So COVID outbreaks throughout the country mean that thousands of students have had to isolate in their accommodation and the whole situation appears to be quite shambolic. |
| 2:12.0 | The government has defended sending students back to |
| 2:14.7 | university, that Labour has called on the government to consider pausing the return of students |
| 2:20.0 | because of what's happening at a number of universities. |
| 2:23.0 | Was this inevitable or was this an avoidable scenario? |
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