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A new report from think tank Policy Exchange calls for private operators to get the right to call themselves universities and award degrees.

Private operators should also get easier access to taxpayer funding and could even take over failing state-run universities.

The recommendations in Higher Education in the Age of Austerity would pave the way for the biggest shake-up in how universities are run since the 1960s.

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