Dozens of girls have been suspended from school for setting up a defamatory Facebook site about a teacher.
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Posts on ‘January 11th, 2009’
University leavers to be offered internships
University leavers who fail to find work at the end of their courses this summer could be offered modestly-paid internships under a new Government scheme, it has emerged.
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Alan Milburn back to lead Labour equality drive
Alan Milburn, once Gordon Brown’s arch-rival, has been recalled to the Labour high command to lead a bid by the prime minister to break the middle-class monopoly on well-paid professional jobs.
The surprise return of Milburn, the former health secretary, who will undertake a review of obstacles faced by poorer children seeking to enter careers such [...]
Middle-class grip on professions ‘must end’, says government
She was doubtless just as nervous as any other student on work experience, but the sober-suited blonde spotted walking through Lincoln’s Inn Fields, headquarters of the British legal establishment, just before Christmas was not just any old intern.
And the role taken by Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry’s girlfriend, at Farrer & Co - solicitors to the [...]
Editorial: At last, an idea that encourages upward mobility
Editorial: Developing the confidence and articulacy of those from working-class origins would be a positive move towards a more meritocratic society
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Educational? Now you’re on thin ice
Readers of high-minded newspapers may claim ignorance. Those who pore over literary prizes and art auctions may shrug their shoulders. Dinner party guests may still pretend to be discussing property prices. But we all know the truth: everyone loves a TV talent show.
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