Study of civil servants in the UK shows that those with few educational qualifications have shorter telomeres than those with higher educational qualifications.
The number of these classroom helpers, who often have few or no educational qualifications, has exploded, from 60, 600 in 1997 to 176, 000 today.
Over 25% of those who were in the bottom quartile of ability at this age failed to achieve any educational qualifications by the age of 26.
Studies show that women are less likely to run for office; it is more difficult to recruit them, even when they have the same professional and educational qualifications as men.
The burden of regulations falls most heavily on ethnic minorities (who are less likely to have educational qualifications) and on women (who might want to return to work after raising their children).
