I Have the Keys to Success ; When Philip Harper Lost His Job at Bristol University Because of a Funding Cut, He Decided He Wasn't Going to Give Up On His Students, As He Tells David Clensy

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WHEN Philip Harper took on the job of director of lifelong learning at Bristol University's music department a little over a year ago, he was excited by the challenge that lay before him - to encourage music lovers from all walks of life to return to the world of education to develop their musical knowledge.

The former secondary school teacher quickly developed a "Ways Into Music" one-year course, which proved an unprecedented success - with seven of its first-year intake of 18 mature students signing straight up to a full bachelor's degree in music at the university the following year.

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I Have the Keys to Success ; When Philip Harper Lost His Job at Bristol University Because of a Funding Cut, He Decided He Wasn't Going to Give Up On His Students, As He Tells David Clensy

But Philip, 36, says his dream of repeating the success of the first year was bluntly squashed when the Government withdrew vital funding for the course - a reallocation of lifelong ...

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