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- ↑ "Equal Opportunities CommissionAnnual Report & Accounts 2006 - 2007" (PDF). Equal Opportunities Commission.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "Action vowed to increase minority ethnic teachers in Scottish schools". The Scotsman. 14 November 2018.
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