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Education: The age of uncertainty
Later learning enriches the lives of thousands of elderly people. But widespread library closures could spell an end to many of these study groups
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Proposed new immigration laws could deprive colleges of overseas students they depend on
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Legal experts Laura Darnley and Audrey Elliott advise on how they can plug the financial gap
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