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The Times, yesterday, revealed that the Governments plan to ‘attract more working-class students into higher education’ may in fact backfire. 90 per cent of the extra cash will go to the students from ‘higher socioeconomic groups, gaining approximately £150 million whilst poorer families will get a disproportionate £15 million.
It appears that the government’s scheme has neglected to consider that whilst providing extra cash to encourage more young people to further their education, which is currently 39.8 per cent,10.2 per cent less than their target; the tuition fees for 2008 have already risen by £75, therefore the governments efforts for a scheme that provides ‘more’ seems to be lacking in places and gives more to those who already have ‘it all’.
