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The Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) is a unique scholarship programme. It is designed to address key barriers to the solicitors’ profession faced by those from less advantaged backgrounds.

The DAS supports aspiring solicitors of all ages from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

It helps those who lack the financial support and professional networks needed to pursue their legal education and career.

We are coming to terms with the loss of a great civil rights icon. I first met the Rev Jesse Jackson 40 years ago. From the moment I met him, I was totally captivated by his charisma, dynamism and his personal power. Jesus said, blessed are the peacemakers, and that is what he was. He broke so many glass ceilings and mended so many broken hearts. He inspired millions and helped to build a world movement of compassion. Without Jackson, there was no Obama.

Chicago and Rainbow Push was his hometown, but the world was his stage. On his many visits to London and capital cities all over the world, he actually stopped the traffic. Because his face was one of the most famous in the world, and his words were some of the most profound ever spoken. He met with kings and presidents and was beloved by those without power, without anything. He raised us all up.

We named a park after him in Leicester, and the progress of the civil rights movement is edged on the sides of the park and edged in our hearts. He inspired us to establish the Integration Foundation in the UK.

To Jackie and Congressman Jonathan, to Youssef and Santita, and to all the other Jacksons, he was our guiding star. You will miss him terribly. We will miss him so, much. The legend that is the Reverend Jesse Jackson will live on.

You gave us hope. It is our duty to keep your hope allow.

The legend that is the Reverend Jesse Jackson will live on. You gave us hope.

Students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds stand to benefit more than their classmates from international study experiences. Whether these students’ unique challenges are associated with class, race, gender, sexuality, disability, or any other characteristic or circumstance, by travelling overseas as part of their studies they gain cultural capital, reduce the likelihood of dropping out and, ultimately, achieve better academic results, research suggests.

Vice President JD Vance on Friday said the United States will stop funding any organization working on diversity and transgender issues abroad.

Vance called the policy, which has been widely expected, “a historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy,” which prevents foreign groups receiving U.S. global health funding from providing or promoting abortion, even if those programs are paid for with other sources of financing.

The BBC has been urged to abandon "tick box" diversity casting in its dramas following a major independent review commissioned by the broadcaster's board.

The 80-page report, authored by former Bafta chair Anne Morrison and ex-Ofcom executive Chris Banatvala, found that well-intentioned efforts to boost ethnic representation can produce "clunky" results that ultimately harm the communities they aim to serve.

“Diversity is our strength” is a slogan that has been repeated to the point of being a cliché. Nowadays, even Sadiq Khan has the self-awareness to put the sentiment into different words.

Of course, there can be truth to it. Institutions, for example, should contain a variety of perspectives if they are going to be dynamic and accountable. But it is not something which is necessarily true.

A large funder has launched a programme in a bid to address the lack of diversity on charity boards.

Yesterday, the Henry Smith Foundation unveiled its Better Boards programme, which aims to make boards “stronger” and “more inclusive”.

The charity behind a new mural celebrating diversity said it hoped the work would become a "landmark" for the town.

Ipswich Community Media (ICM) in partnership with Art Eat Events received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to create a new piece of art at Westgate House in Ipswich.

Halsey is under fierce fire after fans noticed the singer's new makeup product lacks a diverse range of shades. Last week, Halsey - who launched her makeup line, About-Face Beauty, in 2021 - revealed her new concealers in an Instagram post.

'I've spent the last three years developing the illusionist concealer to perfection in 32 shades with five undertone families,' the post read.

They gathered at Buckinghamshire New University for the institution's first-ever Multi-Faith Day.

The event, launched by the university’s Multi-Faith Chaplaincy, was part of Inter Faith Week, which ran from November 9 to November 16.

At least 500 civil servants are employed across Government to police and develop diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) policies, The Telegraph can reveal.

A new equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy launched by the Law Society yesterday aims to build a more diverse, open and inclusive profession.

Announcing the strategy, Society president Mark Evans said despite progress, ‘inequality and bias continue to shape career paths’.