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‘I have overwhelming impostor syndrome’: TV judge Rob Rinder on empathy, shame and survival

He grew up gay in a working-class community, before becoming a criminal barrister, then moving into television. Now he has written his first novel

The Guardian - UK

Record year for investment into smaller Scottish businesses, despite market challenges

The University of Edinburgh ranks third behind Oxbridge for investment into UK spin-outs

Insider UK

If the Tories lose the next election, Boris Johnson won’t be the man they turn to

Modelling of the result suggests the former PM will lose a significant amount of support within the party, and possibly his own seat

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Spare a thought for Britain’s new persecuted minority: the privately educated

They’re losing their grip on Oxbridge, and Labour threatens to strip elite schools of their charitable status. It just won’t do, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Friday briefing: Has a ‘woke aristocracy’ really taken control of British society?

In today’s newsletter: Interrogating academic Matthew Goodwin’s description of a new left-wing elite

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Ilse Ryder obituary

Other lives: Refugee from Czechoslovakia who became a maths teacher after settling in the UK

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'I felt like an imposter for getting into University of Cambridge with a scholarship'

University can be a challenge for many but Meiyang Jiang's acceptance to study law at Cambridge was met by a huge wave of imposter syndrome that still haunts her now

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University Challenge was biased towards Oxbridge when I worked on it, and it still is. But there’s a fix

A third of the teams competing come from just two universities. How can that not be elitist, asks freelance writer Lillian Crawford

The Guardian - UK

Fingers on buzzers… are Oxford and Cambridge students really the best?

Letters: Jennifer Highwood and Prof David Thomas weigh in after Frank Coffield’s complaint that University Challenge favours Oxbridge entrants

The Guardian - UK

Your starter for 10: is University Challenge biased towards Oxbridge?

Letters: Frank Coffield argues that the BBC quiz show is rigged in favour of the two top universities. Plus letters from Joshua Loo and Elizabeth Swinbank

The Guardian - UK

UCL professor claims BBC ‘hiding’ Oxbridge bias on University Challenge

Professor Frank Coffield is calling for each university to be limited to one entry each

Evening Standard

BBC accused of ‘hiding’ Oxbridge bias on University Challenge in deepening elitism row

Corporation rejects freedom of information request from campaigner who claims show is ‘rigged’

The Guardian - UK

BBC defends University Challenge after accusations of Oxbridge bias

THE BBC has defended its University Challenge quiz show after being accused of having a “grotesque” Oxbridge bias by a professor.

The National (Scotland)

BBC rejects charge of elitist Oxbridge bias in University Challenge

Corporation denies breach of impartiality rules by ‘rigging’ show in favour of Oxford and Cambridge

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OPINION - Interest rate rises are a blunt tool – but we haven’t thought of anything better

I would ban all open letters. Don’t write one and never put your name to someone else’s. Open letters are petitions that went to Oxbridge and goad you into asking which college they attended. But there is one example I hold in particularly low regard: the exchange of letters between…

Evening Standard

‘The best people for the job in tech today tend to be diverse’

Bobby Idogho is building the company he wants to see

The Guardian - UK

How to dislodge the posh clique that rules Britain

Letters: Simon Bull asks for discrimination against the state-educated to be outlawed, and other readers write on Oxbridge and Eton domination

The Guardian - UK

England’s old boys’ club has evolved into ‘the network’, made up of high rollers and City slickers

Powerbrokering has shifted from landed gentry to financiers and businessmen, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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The Guardian - UK

Is Sunak’s cabinet representative of the nation it governs?

New PM said he would ‘unite our country’ but do his ministerial appointments reflect population?

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Oxbridge deserts

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

Liverpool Echo

The Blue Coat is Liverpool's best state funded school for pupils getting into Oxbridge

Nine of the school's 2020/21 graduates were accepted by Oxford or Cambridge in the most recent year for which figures were released

Wales Online

The incredible 16-year-old carer who has straights As and dreams of going to Oxbridge

She aced her exams and hopes to go to Oxbridge

The Guardian - UK

Forget Oxbridge: St Andrews knocks top universities off perch

Latest Guardian University Guide shows leading trio are in league of their own for undergraduate courses

The Guardian - UK

Earlier Oxbridge applications create new obstacle for poorer students, say experts

Bringing forward date for candidates to apply for courses and sit tests could disadvantage state school pupils

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss policies - new Prime Minister's full pledge card and how it hits you

Liz Truss now has to live up to her pledges - from the copper-bottomed to the vague. So here's a print-out-and-keep guide for you to make sure the new Prime Minister doesn't forget about them

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