An Admissions Don
The Critic has withheld the author’s identity because his views are incompatible with his career
I regret to inform you …
An Admissions Don at a major British university lays bare the quota-driven process of student selection and imagines what honest acceptance and rejection letters may look like
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We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
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Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
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Fast cars fit for old-school stars
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