Blame state schools, not Oxbridge, for discriminating against pupils | via @Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/12049535/Blame-state-schools-not-Oxbridge-for-discriminating-against-pupils.html …
@Roborovski1 actually very few working class kids achieve the necessary grades, thanks to their schools and other factors.
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@JuliaHB1 Sure that's right, but working-class are also far less likely to get in even if they have the grades as they don't "fit" -
@Roborovski1 no, they're far less likely to apply. Nothing to do with faces fitting, I promise you. The only issue is confidence. -
@JuliaHB1 Do you have a source for that or is it another assertion? Every one you've made so far has dissolved on looking at actual data... -
@Roborovski1 no, my article was full of statistics, as you know. What evidence do you have for your last assertion? Absolutely none. -
@JuliaHB1 But accept some of those may not apply to Oxford: there's no data on it. Can that really explain the whole 45% difference though? -
@Roborovski1 they don't apply in sufficient numbers. Oxford has stats on their website. I explained the various factors in my article -
@JuliaHB1 Oxford have no statistics on applications by social class. I checked. Accounting for factors in article still leaves giant gap -
@Roborovski1 most people accept that stats on school type, neighbourhood and parental income is sufficient. But I'm sure it won't be for you - 3 more replies
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