Forbes – Nick Morrison
“The poorest children are falling even further behind their wealthier classmates in the race to university, according to official figures released today. The higher education gap between children from the most disadvantaged homes and their peers is now at its highest level for more than a decade, despite a big expansion in the number of university places. The news suggests that far from making higher education more representative of the population as a whole, the increase in university places is disproportionately benefiting already privileged groups.” (more)