Article: Extra cash to help poorer students

UNIVERSITIES are to be given extra cash to help fund the education of poorer students, in an attempt to stem high drop-out rates among undergraduates from low-income families.

They will be given a cash premium of pounds 750 for every student they accept from a family earning less than pounds 10,000 a year, to help provide extra learning support.

Wendy Alexander, the minister for education and life-long learning, has revealed the new measure, which is aimed at keeping poorer students in higher education once they have started degree courses.

The move has received a cautious welcome from universities, who said that drop-out levels among poorer students will only fall if the extra cash is ...

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