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Class Wars: The Russell Group universities’ admissions are getting tougher as this year UK GCSE results plunge.
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Les résultats du GCSE ont forcément un impact inéluctable sur les résultats du A level ou baccalauréat, et par ricochet sur le niveau universitaire : un véritable effet domino académique. The Bridge MAG. Image

The percentage of students from poor backgrounds going to the country’s leading universities has dramatically fallen in recent decades.

New GCSEs brought in this summer were the most challenging exams seen in home schools in over three decades education leaders claim; and GCSEs, being the bridge to A-levels, means the path to the elite universities is becoming more competitive than ever before.
 
According to a Department for …

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The following story is based on a true story. It is about a childhood experience of The Bridge Magazine’s editor. ‘Strange people, strange culture’ was selected and published in a fiction and poetry book, Ripple, published by Kingston University Press, London (2008, p17-18). Explore its roots and influence
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Fetba, à L’ouest du Cameroun : village situé dans le groupement et l’arrondissement de Bazou. /Département du NDE. The Bridge MAG.Image

From the fear of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, to the Phantom of the Opera in Paris, geographical distance has not prevented Fetba in West Cameroon’s  stories bridging cultural divides.
Urban legends are believed to be modern day fairy tales. Just as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves or Puss in Boots were spread by oral tradition, urban myths are spread by word of mouth, …