In the context of social democracies, resource distribution is often underpinned by principles of meritocracy which are widely accepted as a fair means of distributing finite resources (Liu,2011). Individuals are given opportunities and/or resources if they can demonstrate having met defined criteria. ...
This great bit of analysis by the office of the Commissioner for Fair Access shows that in Scotland ordinary degrees are disproportionately taken by those from the most disadvantaged postcodes. It argues that this is a problem for fair access –“access to what?”– and I agree. Various thing...