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“It’s like the Scottish Upper East Side”: Shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classism
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 27 Sept 2026, 07:00 UTC. The headline in use is ““It’s like the Scottish Upper East Side”: Shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classism”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Online comments reflect class tensions at Scottish university between those from lower-income families and wealthier US undergraduates When Sophie Rose Jenkins announced she would not return to St Andrews University this academic year because of her experiences of classism on campus, she did not expect much of a response. But…
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
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