Education secretary: elite universities must improve access

Damian Hinds says top institutions will spend £860m to support the disadvantagedElite universities are not instinctively biased against disadvantaged children but must do more to improve access, the UK’s education secretary has said.In his first major speech on social mobility, Damian Hinds said there was a “very legitimate public interest” to ensure attempts to encourage children to attend the top higher education institutions reach “deep into the country” an