Higher education: Conviction rules A-grade student out of medical course - The Guardian 1st July 2008

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

An A-grade student from one of the poorest areas in the country has had an offer of a place on a prestigious medical course withdrawn after admissions officers ruled that a spent criminal conviction meant he could not be trusted to become a doctor. Majid Ahmed, 18, from Little Horton in Bradford, lost an appeal against the decision by Imperial College London to bar him from its medicine degree, a move that youth justice charities labelled discriminatory and MPs called unfair.


Link to Article

Additional Story

Medical ethics? - The Guardian 1st July 2008

0 comments: