THE small number of students from poor backgrounds accepted by Scotland's elite universities must be a wake-up call for a country that merely talks a good game on social mobility, according to a former First Minister.
The claim was made by Henry McLeish, chairman of the City of Glasgow College, who said Scotland was one of the most unequal societies in western Europe.
Mr McLeish hit out yesterday after NUS Scotland figures showed St Andrews University recruited only 13 students from the most deprived backgrounds, while Aberdeen could only muster 51 and Edinburgh 91.
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