The Prime Minister today announced plans to require universities to publish statistical data on admissions by gender, class and ethnic background.
- Universities will be required to publish admissions and retention data by gender, ethnic background and socio-economic class
- In 2014 just 27 black students entered Oxford out of 2,500 intake
- Government announces intention to enshrine the duty in legislation
Under the proposal, all universities will have a new ‘transparency duty’, part of a drive to highlight those institutions failing to improve access.
There are currently huge discrepancies in the offers made by universities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. In 2014 just 27 black students entered Oxford University out of an intake of more than 2,500, and only one in ten of the poorest white working class boys enter higher education.
This new duty will highlight those universities where representation of ethnic minorities and those from disadvantaged groups are low – and help schools, colleges and higher education institutions identify where more work needs to be done.