Top universities accused of BTec snobbery

‘BTecs don’t provide an appropriate preparation for most courses, where the emphasis is more academic than vocational,’ says Cambridge University.Top universities have been accused of “institutional snobbery” for failing to recognise vocational qualifications increasingly used by poorer teenagers as a route to higher education.Almost half of white working-class and black British students in England are now reaching university with qualifications such as BTecs, accor