“Pupils from the richest neighbourhoods in England are twice as likely to go to university as those from the poorest homes, data analysed by the Conservatives shows. This proves the £2.3bn spent each year encouraging working-class children to apply to university is largely fruitless, they argue. The Conservatives analysed data from the Office for National Statistics on how many under-21s went to university in each neighbourhood of 1,500 people in England. In the richest 10% of neighbourhoods, 59.8% of under-21s went to university, while in the poorest 10% of neighbourhoods 31.9% did …” (more)
[Jessica Shepherd, Guardian, 29 May]
I would never have been able to go to University under a Tory regime. I start a Politics and Journalism Degree in September.