1.   The Edinburgh University Health Service provides comprehensive general practice care under the National Health Service for all eligible students who choose to register with the service.

2.   Loans are not means-tested and eligible students may borrow, each year, any amount up to the maximum for that year.

3.   A survey by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals found that a fifth of eligible students applied for help from the government-funded Access Fund last academic year.

4.   Eligible students are asked to write essays, which are then considered by a committee.

5.   In the past, an established amount of money was set aside for grants, and when it ran out, otherwise eligible students got no aid.

6.   Moreover, it fails to keep pace with expected increases in food prices and the number of eligible students.

7.   Newly eligible students would still meet high standards under the proposals, he said.

8.   Orbach made it a universitywide mission to increase the supply of eligible students through recruitment as well as academic coaching.

9.   Princeton University replaced student loans with scholarships to students eligible for financial aid.

10.   The agency that administers TAP, however, said no eligible student is ever denied grant money.