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Tuesday, 5 June 1990, 12:00AM

Better Late Than Never: Late Development in Education

Professor John Malcolm Rae
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In some ways, Britain is very much like a 'developing' country in the way its education system wastes a lot of its talent at age 16, by not providing adequate opportunities for development past this point. Professor Rae considers the effects of this situation and possible ways to rectify it. 

Professor John Malcolm Rae
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Professor John Rae was the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric between 1988 and 1990. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the Department of War Studies, King's College London. He was headmaster of Westminster School between 1970 and 1986.

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