The gap between the numbers of people from low income and disadvantaged backgrounds going to university and their more affluent peers narrowed by seven percentage points between 2002 and 2007, the research found.
A spokesman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families said: "Since 2003, the percentage increase in the number of black Caribbean pupils achieving five good GCSEs has been almost double the national average, meaning that the gap has narrowed by eight percentage points.
The field of likely Democratic candidates for New York City mayor narrowed by one on Monday when Tom Allon, a newspaper publisher waging a long-shot bid, announced that he would switch to the Republican Party to increase his odds of making it to the 2013 general election ballot.
Her baby boy was born under the auspices of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme at the UNICEF-supported Kasungu District Hospital, where his odds of contracting HIV were narrowed by one third.
But work is expected to begin on narrowing by three inches the gap between railroad cars and station platforms.
DI can affect acute airway narrowing by following two mechanisms: bronchoprotection and bronchodilation.
For the financial year to March 30 , 2014 GMG reported revenues up by 7 per cent to £210 million, whilst operating losses narrowed by 27 per cent to £19.4 million – a figure more than covered by investment income.
That's consistent with what you'd get if the enthusiasm gap had been narrowed by a point or two.
The other contenders in a field of six, narrowed by judges from 66 nominees, are 8th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium Proceedings, Graciela Nowenstein's The Generosity of the Dead, The Italian's One-Night Love-Child by Cathy Williams, Myth of the Social Volcano by Martin King Whyte and What Color Is Your Dog?: Train Your Dog Based on His Personality 'Color' by Joel Silverman.
In economic news, the trade deficit for September narrowed by the most in five years.
