The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) said 9.7 per cent of total first-year entrants throughout the country in 2012/13 were from the poorest areas, a rise from 9.1 per cent on the year before.
However, Edinburgh and Aberdeen universities took in a smaller proportion of undergraduates from the poorest 20 or 40 per cent of postcodes – as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) – despite major efforts by the Scottish government to widen access, including one agreement linking it to future funding.
According to the SFC figures, 9.7 per cent of all Scots entrants under-21 were from “SIMD 20” postcode areas and 23.2 per cent from “SIMD 40”, a slight rise on 22.5 per cent the year before.
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