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"Under plans due to be announced later, universities in England will be forced to limit the number of students they recruit onto underperforming courses."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The music scene has totally changed but I don't think university places are the culprit. What proportion of the kids that broke in to the scene that you mention went to university?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

With one or two exceptions, it's mostly well-educated Art school or uni students. Certainly most of the "successful" British ones. Working class bands - especially those "manufactured" solo artists or groups - tended to get screwed by their managers and record companies (probably moreso today).