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Independent schools may sign up for new exam in A-level revolt
More than 100 of the country's best independent schools threaten to rebel against A-levels by signing up to a new, tougher exam which will cut coursework.
How discarded wallet gave Kenyan boy a ticket out of the slums and into a British university
It all started when a cardboard wallet bearing Manchester University's name and crest was tossed into one of the dustbins in the middle-class neighbourhood which borders Matharé, Nairobi's oldest slum district.
Flagship schools: On shaky foundations
- A-Z Of Employers: Scott Wilson
- The Careers Adviser
- I Want Your Job: Potato Crisp Chef
- My First Job: PR maestro Max Clifford was an editorial assistant on boys' comic 'Eagle'
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Norman Balon, the rudest Soho landlord
- Recruitment: Fashion Merchandising, from catwalk to high street
