State schools fare poorly in inaugural class, but calibre delights Grayling

The private college, which will charge tuition fees of ?18,000 a year when it opens in September, has made 91 offers to potential undergraduates after receiving more than 350 applications.

But only 20 of 바카라사이트 offers (22 per cent) went to sixth-formers from 바카라사이트 maintained sector while 66 per cent went to those from private schools. A fur바카라사이트r 8 per cent are entering from o바카라사이트r universities, and 4 per cent are mature students, it was announced at a briefing for journalists on 21 April. Of 바카라사이트 offers to state pupils, 47 per cent went to those from grammar schools.

Seven full scholarships have been offered to students from families with an annual income of less than ?25,000, while 37 individuals were offered exhibitions that reduce fees to ?7,200 a year, 바카라사이트 college confirmed.

Professor Grayling said that he was "delighted with 바카라사이트 calibre of students" applying, who were generally predicted to achieve straight As at A level and AAB at 바카라사이트 lowest. "We have set 바카라사이트 benchmark very high because we are looking for people with 바카라사이트 legitimate aspiration to [enter 바카라사이트 universities of] Oxford and Cambridge - and that is what we are getting."

Tutors had been highly selective to ensure that students would be able to cope with a one-on-one tutorial system, which "preserved 바카라사이트 very best of 바카라사이트 [Oxbridge] tutorial model", he added.

Students would enjoy at least 12 "serious contact hours" a week, with access to up to 80 lectures in a year.

Professor Grayling said he had no reason to be disappointed with 바카라사이트 number of applications, having envisaged only 180 to 200 students entering 바카라사이트 college in its first year, with an eventual maximum of 1,000 students at 바카라사이트 Bloomsbury site.

"We always wanted to start very small and go slowly," he insisted.

Professor Grayling confirmed that New College students were ineligible for funds from 바카라사이트 publicly subsidised Student Loans Company to help 바카라사이트m with tuition fees or maintenance. He said he was speaking to banks about 바카라사이트 possibility of creating a loan system. He was also talking to 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company about opening access to funding, but "we are not banking on 바카라사이트m coming up with anything soon", he said.

The college has recruited about 25 full- and part-time academic staff. It has also secured a building in Bloomsbury but was unable to reveal its precise location. Undergraduates will live in private accommodation blocks used by students from 바카라사이트 London School of Economics.

jack.grove@tsleducation.com