The research was conducted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and revisits the contested issue of ethnic minority access to higher education.
Candidates from black and minority ethnic groups go to university in good numbers, but students from some minority groups tend to be concentrated in less prestigious institutions. Access to high status universities is important for several reasons, not least because it is likely to affect young people’s subsequent destinations and their ability to access elite professions.
However, the LSE’s research showed that applicants from non-mixed race minority groups were significantly less likely to be offered a university place at any university, whether high status, lower ranking or somewhere in between – even after taking into account academic attainment, family social class background, sex and the type of school attended.