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Thu 07 Jul 2008Challenge to medical school selection criteria fails
A STUDENT who failed to get a place on a medical degree course has lost his High Court challenge aimed at altering the system of allocating places on those courses.
Mr Justice Peter Charleton said the change advocated by Frank Prendergast would result in a "market free-for-all based on money" and upset the principle of equality of access to education.
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