Labour MP attacks university where one in three colleges failed to admit a black British student with A-levels in 2015. More...
Oxbridge becoming less diverse as richest gain 80% of offers
Oxford and Cambridge going backwards in drive to recruit students from poorer backgrounds and areas, data shows. More...
Oxford college drops Aung San Suu Kyi from common room's name
Decision by students at St Hugh’s, where the leader of Myanmar also studied, is over her response to the Rohingya crisis. More...
If millennials are wary of free speech, who can blame them?
Banning ‘no platform’ policies on campus would not be so easy. The web generation has witnessed the hijacking of decent debate. More...
Seven years have changed nothing at Oxbridge. In fact, diversity is even worse
My latest freedom of information requests paint a depressing picture of deep-rooted elitism. Only by centralising the admissions process can we eradicate it. More...
Campus security on sexual health week: 'we'll be as frank as our contracts allow'
Some staff aren’t fond of the hijinks that happen during sexual health week, but we’ve got to make sure students are clued up on all things venereal. More...
Black students on Oxbridge: 'we need to change the narrative'
Students who have made it to Oxford and Cambridge say more can be done to help others follow in their footsteps. More...
Universal basic income would help to tackle power imbalance
I’m a proud cockney (Leave it out! £55 East End themed dinners spark row, 20 October). I don’t smoke or wear a tracksuit, have been a director of public health and CEO of a local authority. I’ve occasionally been disrespected due to my accent, which is uncommon in high public office in the south. More...
Race, class and Oxbridge’s stranglehold on British society
The post-GCSE Oxbridge open evening at my child’s northern comprehensive was attended by about 250 parents, a perfect reflection of its wide ethnic diversity. The speaker was an overseas Oxbridge master’s student, whose only experience of British education and Oxbridge was the 12 months’ studying she was partway through. More...
The Guardian view on Oxbridge admissions: race, place and class matters
It would be fairer to judge A-levels in the light of the socioeconomic context in which they were achieved. More...