Universities have agreed to meet a five-year target to increase the number of disadvantaged pupils taking up degree places. But the move by the Office for Students has prompted fears among some schools of 'class discrimination' against pupils from more affluent families. An analysis by the OfS suggests there should be 6,500 more students from poorer backgrounds at top universities by 2025. Oxford and Cambridge, however, have refused to expand their total undergraduate numbers, meaning fewer places for better-off pupils. Oxford and Cambridge have refused to expand their total undergraduate numbers, meaning fewer places for better-off pupils.

Source: Daily Mail January 29, 2020 01:55 UTC