UK: Poor still shunning universities

by E Wayne Ross on March 2, 2009

BBC: Poor still shunning universities

Universities say they do try to draw in a wider range of students

The government has given universities £392m to get more working class youngsters in England to attend but progress has been slow, MPs say.

The Commons public accounts committee says it is “dismayed” the government seems to have little idea what they have done with the money.