3 Good news items – a jumble of disadvantage overcome

City mentoring program http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/14/young-people-social-exclusion Oxford success story http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jan/17/elitism-oxbridge-university and a more traditional way of getting disadvantaged students into Oxbridge http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5626714.ece Physics female role model http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jan/13/athene-donald-physics Medical school, the example of an access course http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5536362.ece