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Education Secretary rejects push for Oxbridge to increase state admissions

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has pushed back against the idea elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge should “tilt the system” to accept more pupils from state schools. Cambridge University vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Toope recently ...

14 May 2022 at 03:25

Michelle Donelan decries long ‘obsession’ with pupils going to university

Higher and further education minister Michelle Donelan said the UK has had an “obsession” with all pupils going to university for decades. Speaking to the Commons’ education select committee, she said: “I think there’s been an obsession in this ...

15 Jun 2022 at 12:49

Oxford and Cambridge students set up Gaza protest camps

Students and staff at Oxford and Cambridge have set up camps on their university campuses to protest against the war in Gaza. The so-called “Liberated Zone” encampments were created in the early hours of Monday in front of the Pitts Rivers ...

06 May 2024 at 19:22

Jewish students must not suffer amid campus protests, Education Secretary says

Jewish students must not be harassed or intimidated, the Education Secretary has said after Oxford and Cambridge staff and students set up camps on their university campuses to protest against the war in Gaza. Gillian Keegan believes the ...

06 May 2024 at 23:23

Private school pupil numbers rise to record high

The number of pupils who are privately educated has risen to a record high, according to new figures. A census by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) for January 2022 found there are now a record 544,316 pupils at 1,388 ISC member ...

08 Jun 2022 at 17:09

First Oxbridge college signs up to Government pledge on NDAs

The first Oxbridge college has signed up to a Government-backed pledge on ending gagging clauses in cases of sexual misconduct and bullying. Lady Margaret Hall College at Oxford University, which was accused by a student of ...

27 Apr 2022 at 10:25

Oxbridge ‘less flexible’ amid A-level grade inflation crackdown

Oxbridge colleges are “less flexible” this year with regard to admitting the brightest school leavers, a headteacher at one of the country’s leading academy chains has said. Alison Downey, principal of Ark Putney Academy ...

18 Aug 2022 at 15:47

‘No room for complacency in upping representation of black students at Oxbridge’

Educational barriers after the pandemic mean there is no room for complacency in ensuring good representation of black students at Oxbridge, a leader in diversity and inclusion has warned. Black Year 12 pupils have ...

18 Aug 2022 at 01:01

18-year-olds applying for early deadline university courses hits record high

The number of UK 18-year-olds applying for early deadline university courses such as medicine, dentistry and Oxbridge has hit a record high. Figures released on Wednesday by Ucas show 41,010 18-year-olds applied ...

29 Oct 2025 at 12:59

First Oxbridge college signs up to Government pledge on gagging clauses

27 Apr 2022 at 12:55

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