Universities are right to accept state school students with lower grades

<P>There's a growing view that if you attended a state school you'll be given an easy ride into a top university. Outraged by suggestions of positive discrimination in favour of less privileged students, one private school head has suggested schools boycott universities which adopt the practice.</P><P>They reckon it's unfair: imagine trying to compete with people who have such a great advantage handed to them…</P><P>Some blame Alan Milburn, the

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