Rich applicants '10 times more likely' to get top uni place
RICH kids are 10 times more likely to take a place at a top university tomorrow as students across England prepare to discover their A-Level results.
The Sutton Trust’s fees commission found an “unacceptably large” gap between the number of students even applying for university from rich and poor backgrounds.
Application rates from all 18 and 19-year-olds have recovered after a crash when the Con-Dems trebled tuition fees in 2012.
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