The danger is that the new plans will mostly restrict the choices of youngsters who would prefer to work and pick up an education in the university of life, and are perfectly capable of doing so, while leaving the needier hard core untouched.

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He said they had been privileged to receive the best university education and they loved St Andrews for the academic start in life it had given them.

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