By coincidence, this inquiry was announced just as the regents were to receive a report, 18 months in the making, proposing ways to help minorities in higher education without recourse to preferences.

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The commission calls on the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, to develop a system for admissions which allows parents "some independent recourse in terms of their relationship with an individual school, or each academy trust, acting as its own admissions authority".

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