STUDENTS from poorer areas of Scotland are now more likely to go to university, but less likely to graduate, according to a new report.

The Scottish Funding Council said today that the proportion of new students from the deprived areas grew from 13.6 per cent in 2013-14, to 16.6 per cent in 2021-22.

But it found that students from the most affluent areas are the most likely to make it beyond their first year, and the gap is widening.