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Reforming the education 'steeplechase'

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Social mobility charity the Sutton Trust is publishing a report looking at the widening gulf in university take-up by independent and state school pupils, which was prepared in conjunction with Lord Mandelson's Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The Trust's research director Dr Lee Elliot Major discusses what should be done to increase access to higher education.

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