London: A Labour member of Parliament has accused Oxford and Cambridge universities of practising "social apartheid" because his just-published report on Oxbridge admissions reveals that many colleges are taking in very few black students while others are accepting none at all. His figures, which Lammy obtained by using the Freedom of Information Act, shows that British students of Pakistani origin also find it difficult to get into Oxbridge. "Oxbridge need to do far more to recruit black and minority ethnic students," he told The Telegraph. Figures for Cambridge University reveal that for each of the six years, on average, a quarter of colleges failed to make any offers to black British applicants. Requested by The Telegraph, Cambridge University provided some typical statistics for British Indian students in 2016.

Source: The Telegraph October 22, 2017 22:41 UTC