All students living outside a 25-mile radius of the High Wycombe campus are guaranteed an offer of a room in halls.
Accommodation All new single students are guaranteed an offer of accommodation at the University of Aberdeen, either on campus, at the University's Hillhead student village or with an approved partner.
Accommodation All new undergraduates, assuming they apply by a specified date and are from outside of the City of Edinburgh, are guaranteed an offer of university accommodation for their first year of study.
Meanwhile Vodafone confirmed long standing, and growing, speculation that it was interested in Kabel Deutschland, saying it had made a preliminary approach but there was no guarantee an offer would be made.
The miner confirmed it was in ongoing takeover discussions with Brazil's Vale, but said there was no guarantee that an offer would be made.
For example, retail giant Walmart has hired more than 42,000 veterans since 2013 through its "Veterans Welcome Home Commitment," which "guarantees a job offer to any honorably discharged veteran within his or her first 12 months off active duty".
A good score, however, does not guarantee a job offer.
Yet in the white paper published on Monday there is no evidence to show that increased competition will guarantee a better offer to students or employers, nor that demand for higher education places outstrips supply.
The Tesco announcement means 1,500 unemployed people expected to be referred to the company on work experience over the next six months will now be given a choice of whether to stay on benefits and complete the placement unpaid, or accept a paid placement with a guaranteed offer of a job at the end of it if their trial goes well.
In New York, a guaranteed option offers a minimum 3% return and has produced an annual average return of 4.5% since inception in November 2000.
