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FactCheck: Oxford was more likely to offer a place to the best black candidates last year – but its race problem is more complicated than that
A black applicant to Oxford has a better chance of getting an offer than the average student applying for the same course with the same predicted grades.
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Cambridge student: ‘It’s 2017, a black woman can rightfully occupy a space at an elite university’
Courtney Boateng was one of just 38 black British students accepted to Cambridge in 2015. She talks about the trolling she experienced after posting a YouTube video encouraging others like her to apply to Oxbridge.
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FactCheck: Are universities more elitist than in Cameron’s Oxford days?
The claim “If you look at Oxford and Cambridge – the percentage of pupils from state schools going to those universities has actually gone down over the last 20 years…Only one black person went to Oxford last year. I think that’s disgraceful.” David Cameron MP, April 11, 2011
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How many go from free school meals to Oxbridge?
Does Michael Gove MP’s claim that only 45 boys and girls eligible for free school meals got into Oxbridge stand up?
