But Paul Wellings, chair of the research-intensive 1994 Group of universities, emphasised the need for maintaining quality across a diverse higher education sector.
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Pub landlord and former miner, Ray Wellings, said he had organised the event because of what he said was the "grief" caused by Lady Thatcher.
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Professor Paul Wellings of the 1994 Group, research-intensive universities, welcomed the review of postgraduate education, saying "there are a number of issues that need urgently to be examined".