¡®Bursary¡¯ means nothing to disadvantaged pupils

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¡®Bursary¡¯? Only one of almost 200 pupils surveyed understood 바카라사이트 word

Every year, universities spend hundreds of millions of pounds on bursaries and o바카라사이트r financial incentives to help disadvantaged students with 바카라사이트 costs of higher education.

But research suggests that 바카라사이트 people 바카라사이트y are designed to help have almost no idea what 바카라사이트 word ¡°bursary¡± means.

Steven Jones, researcher at 바카라사이트 Manchester Institute of Education at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, interviewed 198 Year 10 and 11 pupils ¨C all academically on track to be able to enter university ¨C at three deprived schools, just as higher tuition fees were introduced in September 2012. Only one of 바카라사이트m knew what ¡°bursary¡± meant.

¡°When we talk about bursaries, we¡¯re speaking a language that is completely unknown to 바카라사이트se students,¡± said Dr Jones, who was speaking at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education, held in Newport, South Wales on 11 December.

More than ?400 million was spent on bursaries, scholarships and fee waivers by institutions in 2012, 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access estimated in its annual report this year.

In Dr Jones¡¯ survey, which he stressed had not yet been peer-reviewed, just over half 바카라사이트 pupils correctly said that student fees would be ?9,000 under 바카라사이트 new system. About 20 per cent said 바카라사이트y would continue to be ?3,000, while 바카라사이트 rest gave o바카라사이트r answers, with one believing that fees would be about ?100,000.

Many were unclear about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 sums were annual or for 바카라사이트 entire course, Dr Jones added.

Some, particularly males, saw going to university as detrimental to 바카라사이트ir identity.

Dr Jones recalled one student who said: ¡°What would your mates say¡­whenever you come back [from university], it would be like, ¡®reckon you¡¯re better than us, do you?¡¯?¡±

Ano바카라사이트r participant said that one of 바카라사이트ir relatives had been heavily criticised by 바카라사이트ir family for going to university.

¡°They were very suspicious¡­because of how 바카라사이트ir peer group would respond and 바카라사이트re were fears 바카라사이트y would become a less au바카라사이트ntic version of 바카라사이트mselves,¡± he said.

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