University Scholarships
A third of the undergraduates who are studying at British universities are scholarship winners drawn from the working and middle classes. Their numbers have trebled in 20 years. The London County Council offers evening education costing £490,000 for fees amounting to £27,000. The amount spent on evening classes in 1919 was about £350,000. Scholarships to the universities given by the Board of Trade cost £7(5,000 a year; the cost in 1919 was £IOO.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5618, 6 April 1931, Page 10
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75University Scholarships Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5618, 6 April 1931, Page 10
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