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Old Boy Network
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Old Boy Network
Any ‘inside track’ to privileges accorded to an elite or exclusive group of ‘old chums’

old boy network
“In” group, the 'Mafia' Any 'inside track' to publishing articles in 'premier journals', access to grant monies–eg, from the NIH, hospital staff privileges in prestigious institutions–eg, Massachusetts General Hospital, and other seemingly unfair advantages linked to friendship. See Glass ceiling principle.


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A quick glance at the last five competitions shows that most of the judges, like the artists, are part of the London art establishment's equivalent of the old school tie network, with most of them coming from the same institutions, the RCA, Slade, Goldsmiths and Chelsea College of Art.
It's funding decisions based not on how good your bid is but on your old school tie and what posh background you come from.
The ex-Health Secretary said the aspirations of the post-war decades when more people did escape poor backgrounds had to be revived for old school tie elitism to end.
 
 
 
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