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“Scotland’s oldest university has issued a warning that moves to recruit more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds is discriminating against the middle classes. St Andrews University, in Fife, also claimed the policy means students with better school qualifications are pushed out” – Our report on the latest controversy in the higher education sector sparked a lively online debate: This is a ridiculous situation created by the nationalist govt that, while they promised to protect university places for Scotland-based students, they have effectively created a cap on the number of the said students who are publicly financed – Peter Moseley Better to have public finance and a cap than no finance at all – James Scobbie, Stirling If the increasing number of graduates means that a lot of them are unable to secure graduate-level jobs, does this not suggest that too many people are going to university? – Dallas Carter I do think that we are pushing too many people into the university system, and not paying enough attention to technical colleges ad their equivalents – John Macintyre Participation rates by Scottish students in Higher Education is considerably higher than it is in England. There has to be some cap on student numbers as there is a finite population of Scottish students – Dr Douglas McKenzie Is it not the case that fewer children from what would be regarded as “poorer” backgrounds go to university in Scotland? If so, the solution would seem to be to improve the secondary education system to encourage them to gain better qualifications – Hazel Smith Join the debate at heraldscotland.com