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Those at Eton should ‘travel up north to meet more diverse people’

'I would posit Boris Johnson and David Cameron would have benefited from going to Sheffield University [rather than Oxford].'     

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-09-13 13:11
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Cambridge University should take 93% of its students from state schools while those studying at the likes of Eton should ‘travel to the north to meet more diverse people.’

This is the view of Dorothy Byrne, 69, who is the new president of Cambridge’s all-women’s Murray Edwards College.

She told the Times: ‘Students from Eton would be very lucky to get into Manchester and Sheffield universities.

‘It might be good for them. They could travel to the north, which might be a bit of a shock for some of them and meet more diverse people.

‘I would posit Boris Johnson and David Cameron would have benefited from going to Sheffield University [rather than Oxford].’     

While working at Channel 4 she dubbed Boris Johnson a ‘known liar’ in 2019 and compared him to Vladimir Putin.

Ms Byrne, who studied at both Manchester and Sheffield, said the ideal intake of state-educated students at Cambridge would be 93%. 

She said: ‘I understand that will mean that fewer students from top public schools like Eton, Harrow and Westminster will go to Cambridge but luckily there are more than 100 fantastic other universities private school pupils can go to and when they go to those places they will have the added advantage of meeting people who are not like them.’

Inner city state school outperforms Eton

Pupils at an inner city state school celebrated after 55 teenagers got the A-level grades needed for them to study at Oxbridge, which is more than the offers made to Eton College students, it was reported in August.

The majority of pupils at Brampton Manor Academy in Newham, east London, are from ethnic minority backgrounds, in receipt of free school meals (FSMs), or will be the first in their family to attend university.

Sam Dobin, Brampton’s sixth form director, said he is “delighted” that 55 of its students are now set to study at Oxford or Cambridge University this year, which is more than leading independent schools.

At Eton, where Boris Johnson studied, 48 pupils secured Oxbridge offers, a fall from 69 last year.

After a bout of excited screaming, hugs and hyperventilating, Nyat Aron-Yohannes said there was “black excellence in this building” after hearing about how many of her classmates are now heading to Oxford or Cambridge.

The 18-year-old of Purfleet, Essex, who got three A*s and is going to Oxford to study philosophy, politics and economics, said “the struggle was real”.

She added: “We woke up early to come into school and sometimes it did not even seem like it was worth it at those times when the grades were not matching up to your work ethic.

“Then lockdown happened and you had to persevere on your own because you did not have your classmates or teachers physically nearby to push you.

“You had to find strength somewhere else.

“I am just grateful it paid off, we were walking in faith.”

She said she was happy for her relatives, particularly her father Abraham, adding: “I am the first in my family to go to Oxford.

“My father told me this could be possible.

“His words were of motivation.”

Ade Olugboji, 18, of Purfleet, Essex, got four A*s and is going to study maths and philosophy at Oxford.

He said: “Brampton has a philosophy of hard work.

“I started at 6am and left at 6pm.

“I knew there was going to be work but I did not understand the level until I got here.

“The thing is once I saw everyone else working so hard and so well, it did not seem that it (success) was impossible.”

In all, 350 students took their A levels at the school this year with 330 getting into Russell Group universities, including the 55 who got into Oxbridge.

In 2014, just one Brampton student received an offer for Oxbridge, but by last year this had risen to 51.

Brampton Manor opened its sixth form in 2012 with the aim of transforming progression rates to Oxford, Cambridge and other elite Russell Group universities for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The oversubscribed selective sixth form accepts 300 to 400 students a year and some of them travel for as long as two hours each way to attend.

Kenny Ikeji, 18, of Dagenham, east London, got the three A* grades he needed to study computer science at Harvard.

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After picking up his grades, he said: “The feeling is good and seeing everyone happy as well is great because during the two years (of study) everyone was stressed out but on a day like this, it is as if all the hard work has paid off.

“There are lots of people going to Oxford and Cambridge and I am not surprised because you would expect it when you see how hard everyone here works.

“Once they had their university offers, there was a new fire in them to study to make sure they got the grades to go.”

He described the school as a place where people do not let their inner city surroundings affect their hopes.

He said: “It is peer pressure because when everybody around you is studying, you see your friends getting better grades and then you want to get better grades.

“The teachers all push us and they make you want to do well so that you want to work.

“They do not force you to do it.”

Related: Eton College plans for 3,000 home town could destroy one of Britain’s most important trout populations

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