A £1.8 MILLION scheme to increase the number of Scottish students from deprived areas entering professions which are traditionally the preserve of the middle class has been attacked for a lack of ambition.
The scheme, which funds widening access projects at universities including Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and St Andrews, will result in only a handful of additional students being recruited from under-represented groups.
Figures obtained by The Herald show the three-year Access to the Professions project will see just 23 extra medical students recruited per year from the 40% most deprived areas in Scotland.
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