Oxbridge and elitism
How to dislodge the posh clique that rules Britain | Letters
Letters: Simon Bull asks for discrimination against the state-educated to be outlawed, and other readers write on Oxbridge and Eton domination
01, Feb, 2023 @6:42 PM
Elite universities aren’t hotbeds of ‘wokery’: our research shows they’re rife with racism and classism | Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers
In both the US and the UK, students described being told that they were beneficiaries of affirmative action, write authors Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers
Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers
30, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM
Liz Truss’s Oxbridge proposal is the latest vacuous idea from a slapstick Tory race | Simon Jenkins
The ill-thought-out ideas issuing from Britain’s prime ministerial candidates are a cause for alarm, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
01, Aug, 2022 @2:05 PM
Nadhim Zahawi’s Oxbridge claim is an insult to state school students | Letters
Letters: Michael Pyke takes issue with Nadhim Zahawi’s argument that it is up to state schools to improve access to elite universities. Plus letters from Richard Duckworth, Gerald Sandison and Nigel Gann
Letters
18, May, 2022 @5:11 PM
England’s most prestigious universities failing to boost social mobility, IFS finds
Research comes as government details measures that compel universities to do more to help graduates
Richard Adams, Education editor
24, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
Oxbridge student groups to be exempt from free speech law
Labour MPs accuse government of ‘ridiculous’ double standards and warn of two-tier university system
Richard Adams Education editor
19, Sep, 2021 @1:48 PM
Oxford University uses lockdown loophole to allow in-person MBA teaching
Students on prestigious course will be back on campus at least a month before others are permitted to return
Rachel Hall Education reporter
07, Mar, 2021 @4:30 PM
A Bullingdon in reverse: how working-class student club is taking on elitism
The 93% Club, begun in Bristol by a state-educated student, is snowballing, with big firms now taking note
Robert Verkaik
06, Mar, 2021 @8:00 AM
'You need someone on the inside': the state school students helping peers into Oxbridge
Student-led projects are demystifying the application process for Oxbridge hopefuls from less privileged backgrounds
Donna Ferguson
23, Nov, 2020 @7:00 AM
Britain’s best universities are dominated by private schools. Could I help level the playing field?
My local comprehensive had not had a student go to Oxford or Cambridge in seven years. So I offered to give its brightest pupils the confidence and support of an expensive education
Joshi Herrmann
10, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM
Cambridge college threatens to evict students if a Covid-19 outbreak occurs
Trinity’s policy accused of being ‘extremely punitive’ and breaching official guidance
Anna Menin and Richard Adams
16, Sep, 2020 @10:25 AM
'This isn't an outdated ivory tower': how Oxford university leapfrogged its rivals
Oxford is top of the Guardian’s rankings for the first time in a decade – thanks to its success in the graduate job market
Rachel Hall and Richard Adams
05, Sep, 2020 @7:00 AM
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