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#1 Submitted by DiggingDeeper on July 1, 2023 - 7:44am

However the selection criteria may be shifted to focus more on economic deprivation. This will still help poorer BAME students, and it will also provide a route up for poorer White students, so overall the levelling up agenda or whatever that is called in the US may get more inclusive.

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