Oxbridge admissions must be strictly meritocratic, with no bias for or against private schools

There has been a lot of recent coverage of the supposed decision by one of Cambridge’s oldest colleges, Trinity Hall, to ...
The Tab

Cambridge had the second fewest applications of all Russell Group universities last year

New figures, released in the 2025 UCAS end-of-cycle data, show Cambridge received a modest 23,100 applications last year, with Oxford only just beating it with 1,300 more. The most popular Russell ...
The Tab

Labour MP urges Cambridge college to drop plans targeting private school admissions

The MP for Wrexham has issued a letter to Trinity Hall asking it to reverse its decision to target a select group of private ...
Opinion

Trinity Hall admissions policy has not changed

Letter: The Cambridge college remains committed to widening participation, says its master, Mary Hockaday ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Cambridge Sparks Admissions-Essay Furor

Hopeful applicants labor over every word, straining to set themselves apart through carefully crafted anecdotes that demonstrate why they merit a place at the most selective universities. But for ...
Daily Mail

Privately educated white boys are disadvantaged in university admissions due to culture war over 'privilege', Cambridge academic says as he suggests removing school names from ...

A Cambridge academic has suggested that privately educated white boys are being disadvantaged in the Oxbridge university admissions process due to 'culture wars' over 'privilege'. David Abulafia, a ...
BBC

Cambridge University head concerned about 'skewed' admissions

Cambridge vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice wants the university to 'serve the UK as a whole' The vice-chancellor of Cambridge University has said she has been concerned that admissions were "skewed" ...