Oxford University Under Fire For Ethnic Admissions

Oxford University has come under fire right after it was revealed that it only admitted 1 black Caribbean student final year. 

The elite university recruited more than 3,000 students final year and almost 90 per cent of them were white. 

Trevor Philips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission described the record of recruiting ethnic students to the country's leading universities as 'dire.'
Suggestions have now been created that ethnic quotas needs to be introduced to make certain much more black and Pakistani students are given the probability to attend some of the greatest universities inside the nation. 

But Oxford have dismissed the thought and said they would continue to work to recruit much more undergraduates from diverse backgrounds. 
Mr Phillips told The Every day Telegraph: 'I personally cannot see that quotas are the answer but I am reluctant to rule out any possibility given that the scenario is so dire and in some cases we appear to be going backwards.'

According to the newspaper just 5 black Caribbean students had been given places at Oxford in 2008. 

Mr Phillips stated he believed a lot more work required to be to convince teenagers in state comprehensives to apply. 

'Universities need to get themselves out of their comfort zones and appear in directions that they're not used - appear past the independent schools,' Mr Phillips added. 
Black Caribbean school pupils have a few of the worst GCSE results of any ethnic group in England. 

Concerns have also been raised over ethnic segregation, after the Equality and Human Rights Commission discovered that less than 10 per cent of black students had been enrolled at Russell Group universities, such as Oxford.


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