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A disadvantaged education for disadvataged students

A disadvantaged education for disadvantaged students

Vice President Usman Ali takes a look on the potential impact of the White Paper on those students who are least likely to attend in the first place. In his blog, Usman particularly focusses on the potential impact of the AAB cap and what this could do for the use of contextual data. Read more here.

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