Universities Scotland, which represents principals, said they were all now committed to reviewing admissions systems in a way that adopts so-called “adjusted offers”, one of the key recommendations in the final report of the Commission on Widening Access, chaired by Dame Ruth Silver.
The Commission recommended a separate admissions system for disadvantaged pupils should be running by 2019 and should reflect the minimum academic standards required to complete a degree course successfully.
Only 1,335 school-leavers from the poorest 20 per cent of households went to university in Scotland in 2013/14, against 5,520 from the richest 20 per cent. The government wants the proportion of students from the poorest 20 per cent to rise to 20 per cent by 2030.
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