THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Britain’s Most Prestigious Universities Shut Out White Working-Class Students.
England's Oxford and Cambridge universities face criticism for diversity scholarships that largely exclude white working-class students, raising concerns about a two-tier academic society.
England’s Oxford and Cambridge universities face criticism for diversity scholarships that largely exclude white working-class students , raising concerns about a two-tier academic system. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: England ‘s most prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge , have been found to offer over a dozen scholarships and bursaries that target students from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, while largely excluding white working-class students. Examples cited by researchers include Cambridge’s Stormzy Scholarship and several Oxford funding programs reserved for specific ethnic groups, while white working-class women appear to be eligible for only two Oxbridge diversity schemes and white…Open