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Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’

Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’

Just 1.5% of all offers from Oxford and Cambridge universities went to black British A-level students in 2015, recent data obtained by Labour MP David Lammy revealed. The majority of places went to students in the south-east of England with professional parents. This has sparked extensive debate about the accessibility of elite higher education institutions for the socioeconomically disadvantaged […] … learn more→