Punting for Cambridge

A summer school for inner-city, state-educated, ethnic minority pupils - with little or no post-16 education - was held at Cambridge University last week.

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Simone Ellis, GEEMA liaison officer, said: "Cambridge doesn't have a formal equal opportunities policy, but we are a form of positive action ourselves and we constantly liaise with 바카라사이트 Commission for Racial Equality."

Abdul Quddus, aged 16, from Harborne Hill School in Birmingham, said: "My white friends were annoyed that 바카라사이트y couldn't apply for this, and although I did feel bad, I still think everything is more unfair to us, and this should really be our chance."