A paper proposing radical university admissions reform has met a mixed reception, with strong condemnation from the Russell Group of research intensive universities.
On 20 July, the Higher Education Policy Institute published an opinion paper called The Comprehensive University, by Tim Blackman, the vice-chancellor of Middlesex University.
The paper has been interpreted as comparing Russell group institutions to grammar schools, implying that they entrench divisions in society when they should be breaking down barriers.
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