Commentator Lester Spence thinks public school systems across the country need a total makeover if students are to keep up with the global change.

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The university had been criticised in the wake of the rejection of a state school pupil, Laura Spence, who subsequently was offered a scholarship for Harvard University in the United States.

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Ms Spence's best friend from secondary school, Amanda Robertson, said that she worked for a company, Fraser Properties, set up by Ms Spence in Great Western Road, Glasgow, as an office worker but left in 2010 after many customers began to complain about the mortgage and lettings company.

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