<s>[INST] The giving of bursaries by student aid offices is an important consideration for many universities around the world. While it is accepted that bursaries, in and of themselves, do not provide any direct increase in the quality teaching nor research and therefore do not allow universities to reach higher echelons of academic excellence, they are still useful in attracting students who for longstanding reasons of financial aid are in a position to apply for study grants but cannot acquire sufficient monies to do so. In order words, bursaries will act to assist those students that are most in a financial disadvantage. At the current moment, while for many this is considered an adequate defense for the existence of a bursary system, there are many other universities that would argue that a one-size fits all system of bursaries, as compared to a scalable system of bursaries (on percent from need) based on an ability-to-pay, where students who need the most amount of financial aid are rewarded the most bursary support are better in assisting … possible mitigation of those that need attended to (my attempt to clarify some phrases).[/INST]