This happened during the Labour Govt term , would it under the Torys

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><div id="ds-headline" class="headline"><h1 style="font-size: 22px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: #000000; float: left">Josh takes on role at Cambridge</h1></div>

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The 21-year-old is the first person to hold the newly-created role and will be working to encourage more applications from pu<div class="MPUTitleWrapperClass" id="ds-mpuTitleWrapper" style="float: right; width: 307px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px"><div class="advertisement" id="ds-mpuTitle" style="float: right; width: 300px; text-align: center; color: #c5c5c5; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #c5c5c5; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #c5c5c5; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: #c5c5c5">ADVERTISEMENT</div><div id="ds-mpu" style="float: right; width: 300px; height: 250px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; background-color: #f5f5f5; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #c5c5c5"><div id="mpuholder" style="display: block"></div></div></div>pils at schools and colleges in South and West Yorkshire.

Josh graduated from Homerton College with a degree in law earlier this year and describes his time as a Cambridge student as 'absolutely brilliant'. He was involved in access initiatives throughout his time as an undergraduate

&quot;It's really important to tackle the myths that still deter many students from even considering Cambridge as an option,&quot; he said.

&quot;You don't have to be from a particular background to get a place - just bright, keen and ready to give it a go.&quot;

Josh was brought up in Barnsley and went to Holy Rood Primary School and St Michael's School before going on to Barnsley College.</div></span>

 

Reight lad.

I studied law with him at College - glad he's done well. He's got a cracking afro 'n all.

We went to London and he was reading Le Monde wheras I had the Sport. Should've known then he was destined for bigger and better things.

 

In 1997

I became an undergraduate at Cambridge University having been to Royston Comprehensive and Barnsley College.

So yes, it would. Enabling social mobility doesn't stop them being a bunch of cnuts though....

 

He's a friend of my son and daughter

... very clever lad, I think he was studying French Law.