On the other, the academic achievements of its schoolchildren, measured in international tests, look only mediocre.

ECONOMIST: Education and skills

Her lifetime achievements in the academic world, in the legal world and the judicial world are unchallengeable.

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Sir Roger, now 75, also presented the Bannister Medal, for outstanding sporting and academic achievements.

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For those from poor families, whose parents had few academic achievements, who got into private school via the assisted-places scheme, the benefits were especially marked.

ECONOMIST: Private education

The stipulations of the competition were based on a criteria of academic standards like maintaining a healthy GPA, as well as achievements in gaming.

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