While I note the research that underlines how much graduates contribute to the economy in extra tax, and hence the negative economic impact of a reduction in student numbers, I suspect that here at least the government has a Plan B: simply reducing the number of jobs available to graduates easily mends this minor flaw in coalition thought (“Drop in student numbers ‘could cost economy ?6 billion’”, www.timeshighereducation.co.uk, 17 January).
Keith Flett, London.
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