Higher Education: Admissions
(asked on 9th September 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of pupils from each ethnic group were admitted to (a) the University of Oxford, (b) the University of Cambridge and (c) other Russell Group universities in the last six years for which figures are available.
Recent data for years since the tuition fee reforms and access agreements is not yet available, but the latest data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) shows that entry rates to higher education for all ethnic groups in 2013 had increased and overall, there was a much higher representation of black and minority ethnic groups in university than in the overall population of England.
The table below shows the figures before these changes.
Estimated percentage of maintained school pupils aged 15 in each ethnic group who progressed to Oxford, Cambridge or Russell Group institutions by age 19
| Progression by age 19 in | |||
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
Asian/Asian British |
| |||
Oxford | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Cambridge | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Russell Group | 11.4% | 11.5% | 10.6% | 10.7% |
Black/Black British |
| |||
Oxford | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Cambridge | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Russell Group | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups |
| |||
Oxford | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Cambridge | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Russell Group | 8.5% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 7.5% |
White |
| |||
Oxford | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Cambridge | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Russell Group | 7.2% | 7.1% | 6.9% | 7.5% |
Other Ethnic Group |
| |||
Oxford | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Cambridge | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
Russell Group | 10.8% | 10.1% | 9.6% | 7.0% |
All Ethnic Groups |
| |||
Oxford | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Cambridge | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Russell Group | 7.4% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 7.2% |
Source: Matched data from the DfE National Pupil Database, the HESA Student Record and the SFA ILR
Figures are not available for earlier age cohorts.