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Our Sector: “Block means Block”…but what does Block mean?

In this piece Mark McCormack from Cambridge SU continues to mine his MSc research from last year to inform reflections upon the Student Movement. One such bundle of data relates to definitions of “block grant” across the Movement.

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SUs|17/11/16

Jim Dickinson

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