Edinburgh University has warned privileged students not to be “snobs” towards their working-class peers. The university has admitted there is a problem of class-related prejudice on campus, with poorer students being “inadvertently or deliberately shamed by more privileged students”.

Edinburgh University students have been talking about the kind of discrimination they have come across on campus.

The University of Edinburgh has urged wealthy students to avoid "socioeconomic microaggressions" and to treat classmates from poorer backgrounds with respect, after reports of state-educated students being mocked for their accents.