Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of education charity Sutton Trust, welcomed the guide, adding that he hoped it would help "bright non-privileged students in particular, who all too often do not receive the support and guidance they need at this key juncture in their lives".

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"Seems to me you probably could do more than a week and still not get at all of the issues and angles we need to get at, " he said.

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The results, though, are people confused by the gestures or not using them at all while the experts are stuck stumbling through unnecessary steps to do what they need to do.

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