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Competitive Edge

…aren’t, be heartened by the fact there is other support out there from other charities and the universities themselves (see accessprofessions.com for some great alternative opportunities). The downside of competition…

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Opening up our top comprehensives

…school is oversubscribed – and fair banding across all abilities to achieve a comprehensive intake. The Times chose to illustrate banding, a move designed to achieve a comprehensive intake, with…

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The data deficit effect

…story into a second day of front page news and saw the BBC’s Scotland political editor filing a lengthy report for the evening news bulletins. By the time last Thursday’s…

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Britain’s self-perpetuating elite

Lee Elliot Major says that an increasingly exclusive rich is bad news for social mobility. The tell-tale signs of our self-perpetuating elite can be seen in recent apparently unconnected news