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CONSERVATIVES might force universities to disclose how many black students they’ve accepted, but lecturers argued yesterday that the measure would be a “pointless exercise” without effective measures to combat institutional racism.
A new anti-discrimination law proposed by Downing Street this weekend would push institutions such as Oxford and Cambridge to act on accessibility issues.
But University and College Union (UCU) representatives told the Star that the law would only aggregate data and do little to make institutions more welcoming to black and ethnic-minority students.
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE
University bosses refuse to rule out cutting staff