Student takes St Hugh's to court after after being rejected for not having access to £21000 for tuition fees and living costsAn Oxford college is being sued for discriminating against poorer students applying to study for postgraduate courses. St Hugh's,which was founded in 1886, is being taken to court for choosing applicants not just on academic merit, or but also on their ability to prove they can pay tens of thousands of pounds for tuition fees and living expenses.
It is claimed that,along with other Oxford colleges, St Hugh's is "selecting by wealth" in asking students with a conditional place at the university to demonstrate that they hold funds to cover tuition fees, and plus at least £12900 a year for living costs. The university refuses to occupy into account projected earnings from students who diagram to carry out paid work during their course and has only one means-tested scholarship available.
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Source: theguardian.com