Changes to A-levels, combined with ambitious government targets to raise the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, greater competition for the highest achieving students and worries about league table positioning are making the admissions process increasingly complex.
Formal equality of opportunity is routinely violated, because applicants of Scandinavian background are favored in winter resort hirings, applicants of Asian background are favored in competition for financial service posts, and so on.
Of course there was a broader strategic background to the war: competition for the spoils of the Ottoman empire which was perceived to be in inexorable decline, and over strategic routes and waterways.
If racial and gender preferences for jobs (or college admissions) were supposed to neutralize unfair competitive advantages, they needed to be calibrated to fit the variety of backgrounds aspirants brought to any competition for these goods.
Ronald Neame's peerless battle of wits is a bitingly perceptive examination of the British class system as manifested in military life, exposing the dire consequences when two men of opposing wills, backgrounds and character collide in competition for the loyalty of the soldiers they lead.
Class background also affects the outcome of competition for secondary school places, even after allowing for inequalities at primary school.
"Secondly, we are likely to be doing it against a background of a growing economy and greater competition for good staff.
Going from journalism to PR: Competition for PR roles is intense at the moment, however a background in journalism is a great start.
"Competition for investment is intense.
