Poorer students rise to university challenge as fees put off middle class

Source: telegraph.co.uk Posted By: Cat B...4121 days ago

One in five 18-year-olds living in the most deprived areas has applied to start a degree course in September, despite the introduction of £9,000-a-year tuition fees, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

The application rate among low income students, who are eligible for the most generous bursaries and fee discounts, has almost doubled in a decade.

Demand for places from students in the richest fifth of postcodes, meanwhile, remained stuck at the same level as last....

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