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Overheard on the train yesterday: a nice example of small ways in which a privileged background can help in getting 'top jobs'. A father and daughter discussing her career choices. She dismisses Oxbridge because their degrees are all BA and she wants to do a more scientific BSc /1

Rob de Vries

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A parent who understood elite education would have been able to tell her that the 'BA' things is meaningless to the content, and of the value of 'hyperelite' educational credentials. Of course you can look that up online, but it's not the same as having it 'internalised' /2

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