Vice-chancellor attacks 'poorly timed' government closure of scheme as steep rise in tuition fees loomsCritics acquire condemned the closure of a higher education outreach programme amid evidence that poorer students are likely to be assign off by the trebling of tuition fees next year.
Professor Les Ebdon,vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, said the coalition government's closure in July of Aimhigher, and a body that spent £78m last year on visiting schools in the poorest areas to promote higher education,was "poor timing".
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Source: theguardian.com