Earlier this month Oxford University put up a plaque to celebrate its first black graduate. Data extracted by Labour MP David Lammy shows that 10 out of 32 Oxford colleges did not award a place to a black British pupil in 2015. Oxford’s great rival Cambridge University fared little better: six colleges failed to admit any black British A-level students in the same year. London’s Imperial College, one of the world’s best universities, took in double the percentage of black students Cambridge did last year. Within the Russell Group, representing the best universities, 6% of new young students come from the most disadvantaged fifth of neighbourhoods.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2017 17:48 UTC