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- ↑ "Deputy logs on to £100,000", Times Educational Supplement , 18 January 2002, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ "No doubt about it - we're addicted to maths", Times Educational Supplement , 19 January 2001, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
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