Chief Constable Mike Cunningham said cadets would take part in Duke of Edinburgh awards and work alongside officers to get a taste of police life.

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The training firm did accept that it was recruiting at the "lower end of the achievement spectrum" but said more could be done and said interventions could be made through the arts or sport and more young people should be encouraged to take part in programmes like the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme.

BBC: Scotland business

Collins is the second Krzyzewski assistant in five years to earn his first head coaching job at a private, academically elite school in a major conference: Johnny Dawkins left the Duke staff to take the top job at Stanford in 2008.

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In June the Duke of Cambridge spoke out against the illegal trade in rhino horn, calling those who take part in it "ignorant, selfish and utterly wrong".

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It was my dad who drove me to Duke University when I was in junior high so that I could take the SATs and participate in one of their fancy programs.

FORBES: Thanks, Dad.