article_snippet: The devastating criticism was delivered by Professor Diane Reay, who accused the universities of ‘accentuating elitism’ among the privileged.
article_snippet: Cambridge professor Diane Reay added that black and white working class students were still small in number and marginalized, despite drives to attract more youngsters from poorer backgrounds.
article_snippet: In a report by the race relations think tank the Runnymede Trust, Cambridge professor Diane Reay said working class students at Cambridge saw Cambridge University as a ‘a white, middle class bubble’.
article_snippet: Cambridge professor Diane Reay said Cambridge professor Diane Reay research suggested that ‘positive discrimination’ was at work in Oxbridge, bestowing advantage on the already advantaged.
article_snippet: In a report by the race relations, Aiming Higher: Race, Inequality and Diversity in the Academy, Cambridge professor Diane Reay suggested varying success rates of different applicant groups demonstrated ‘institutional racism’.
article_snippet: Policies such as rarely accepting candidates with less traditional qualifications, not catering for part-time students and not allowing undergraduates to work during term time effectively rule out the majority of working class and particularly black and ethnic minority candidates, Cambridge professor Diane Reay said.
article_snippet: The devastating criticism was delivered by Professor Diane Reay, who accused the universities of ‘accentuating elitism’ among the privileged (file picture of Oxford University)
article_snippet: The academic suggested that affirmative action, such as quotas for certain groups, were needed to counteract ‘the growing class and race inequalities that are pervasive across the higher education sector’.
article_snippet: affirmative action, such as quotas for certain groups, were needed to counteract ‘the growing class and race inequalities that are pervasive across the higher education sector’ said affirmative action, such as quotas for certain groups, were needed to counteract ‘the growing class and race inequalities that are pervasive across the higher education sector’ ‘strongly rejected’ the professor
article_snippet: ’s allegations and outlined the millions of pounds affirmative action, such as quotas for certain groups, were needed to counteract ‘the growing class and race inequalities that are pervasive across the higher education sector’ spend on encouraging students from poor and ethnic backgrounds to apply and on supporting affirmative action, such as quotas for certain groups, were needed to counteract ‘
article_snippet: the growing class and race inequalities that are pervasive across the higher education sector’ once affirmative action, such as quotas for certain groups, were needed to counteract ‘the growing class and race inequalities that are pervasive across the higher education sector’ were there.
article_snippet: Our commitment to improving access to Cambridge University is longstanding and unwavering.
article_snippet: A spokesman for Cambridge University said: ‘We reject in the strongest terms any allegations of institutional bias or discrimination.
article_snippet: Such claims are unsubstantiated, and We are concerned that unfounded allegations could undermine We efforts to attract and admit black and minority ethnic students.
highlights_snippet: Cambridge professor Diane Reay said universities were 'finishing schools'
  Cambridge professor Diane Reay says working class students are small in number and marginalised .