Oxford University has offered a record number of places to black students, with more than 100 accepted last autumn.
The university has increased the proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students to record levels and also made progress on increasing the number of offers it makes to state school and disadvantaged pupils. The data, from the admissions body Ucas, shows that it is now more likely than comparable institutions to make offers to ethnic minority and socially disadvantaged pupils
It made 34 offers to black students through the Target Oxbridge programme, which is aimed at helping black British students apply to both Oxford and Cambridge. Of those who applied through the programme, 40 per cent were accepted — considerably higher than the wider
