Article: How elite universities are lowering the bar to admit poorer students; Exam time: B grades may now be enough.

Article: Poorer students - but more parking spaces
The Scotsman;  February 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... tilt its admissions policy in favour of poorer students, but now I think I can support this ... immigrant to Britain and an incomer to Scotland, I applaud Jack McConnell's initiative ... and over the Border. His "Come to Scotland" scheme to counter population decline ...

Article: Poorer students get 240,000 pound bank boost
Evening News - Scotland;  September 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... funded schools and colleges throughout Scotland. The project, funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was launched at a conference by the bank ... interests as well as those of the students of Scotland to support education and training. This ...

Article: Help poorer students to stay course
Evening Times;  October 6, 2000 ;     424 words ...SCOTLAND has long been proud of the fact that access to its higher ... despite the fact there are no up-front tuition fees to pay in Scotland as there are in England. And Scotland actually fares better than the rest of the UK with a lower ...

Article: Amid Affluence, Poorer Students Rise to Challenge; ...
The Washington Post;  September 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... high expectations." Virginia Victoria Bellamy grew up in Scotland, a lower-income community that was a land grant for freed ... to go to an after-school tutoring program offered at the Scotland Recreation Center. Last year, as a fifth-grader, Virginia ...

Article: Oxbridge 'still letting state schools down' Some poorer ...
Evening Standard - London;  October 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... which distribute public money to universities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have for the first time identified ... Bristol, Exeter, University College London and St Andrews in Scotland, where Prince William will start his undergraduate studies ...

Article: Study highlights jobs dilemma of poorer ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 27, 2005 ;     581 words ... ... published today. A report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that university leavers from disadvantaged areas of western Scotland often felt compelled to take the first job that came along. Scottish students do not have to pay tuition fees but the report ...

Article: Higher education reforms set to favour colleges over ...
The Sunday Herald;  July 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... The inquiry is also to examine why Scotland has one of the highest drop-out rates ... the funding of teaching and research in Scotland, is being finalised for publication ... CATCH UP: Received wisdom is that Scotland's future prosperity depends on the ...