负责高等教育监管的Office for Students说,到2025年,上Top Universities的学生来自贫穷家庭(poorer background or deprived background)要增加6500名,其它所有大学都要增加学生人数来应对这个政策,但牛津剑桥拒绝增加学生人数,结果就是非贫穷家庭的孩子(Kids of Middle Class & Above)未来几年上牛津剑桥的机会要被减少!!
目前Oxford的disadvantaged students的比例是15%,它已经向Office for Students保证说到2023年要增加到25%,总人数不变(每年差不多3300),那就是说每年本来可以上牛津的330个孩子因为家庭不穷就失去了机会。
Top universities to give more places to disadvantaged
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-51281716
Middle-class pupils will be squeezed out of Oxbridge, says Office for Students
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/middle-class-pupils-will-be-squeezed-out-of-oxbridge-says-office-for-students-zfjbtq9g7
Middle-class high achievers will miss out on Oxbridge places as colleges are under pressure to meet diversity targets, whistleblowers warn
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/18/middle-class-high-achievers-will-miss-oxbridge-places-colleges/
Plan to boost numbers of disadvantaged students at Oxbridge could keep middle-class pupils’ out
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7940901/Education-experts-warn-bid-boost-numbers-disadvantaged-students-getting-Oxbridge.html