| Row as universities admit fewer state pupils |
| 27/02/2007 |
| Elite universities were facing a showdown with ministers last night after new research showed they are admitting fewer state school pupils. Bill Rammell, the higher education minister, said the top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, should target schools in poor areas. This would reduce the number of places for independent school pupils. His comments follow the publication of embarrassing figures showing that more than half of England's leading institutions recruited fewer children from state schools in the past two years. Almost all missed key Government targets to boost the number of students from maintained schools. Full article. The Blogs on this site represent the individual views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the National Union of Students. All links in blogs will open in a new browser window. The permanent URL for this specific blog entry is: http://www.officeronline.org.uk/blogs/admissionimpossible/273961.aspx |
