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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.