Claim: More people from deprived backgrounds are going to university than ever before.
Fact-check: Social mobility and universities - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. in 2016 the proportion of 18 year-olds living in the most disadvantaged areas going to university was the highest on record for england, scotland and wales. it's the second highest level it has ever been in northern ireland.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-12-08T00:00:00