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Second phase of Oxford-Cambridge train line on track | Varsity
WEBThursday August 2 2018, 5:58pm. The next stage of reopening the ‘Varsity Line’ – connecting Oxford and Cambridge by train – is set to begin, with plans to build the second phase submitted to the UK government. Officially known as the East-West rail scheme, the ‘Varsity Line’ is scheduled to be completed by the mid-2020s and, with ...
St Andrews beats Oxbridge for first time in The Times university ...
WEBSep 18, 2021 · Cambridge drops to third behind St Andrews and Oxford in The Times Good University Guide 2022, having ranked first for the past eight years. The rankings differed from the Guardian University Guide 2022, in which Cambridge ranked second behind Oxford Louis Ashworth/VARSITY. The University of Cambridge has fallen to third place in The Times and ...
The language of racism and unconscious bias in football
WEBJan 29, 2021 · The key findings of the study gave numerical and statistical proof of unconscious bias in football commentary by specifically looking at praise and criticism in different contexts such as power, speed, intelligence, hard work etc. The researchers found that on footballing intelligence, 62.6% of praise was directed towards players of a lighter ...
Tompkins Table 2022: the resurrection of Christ’s | Varsity
WEBSaturday September 10 2022, 5:08pm. Christ’s College has topped the 2022 Tompkins Table with a commanding lead once again. With 46.10% of its undergraduates receiving firsts – a 2.1% increase since the last edition of the Table was published – Christ’s have maintained their string of first-place finishes since 2018.
The eight charts that explain the University’s 2019-2020 …
WEBJun 16, 2020 · The 2019 admission cycle marked a record number of Black UK undergraduates studying at the University, raising the number of Black students above 3% for the first time in the University’s history. However, in an open letter early this month, CUSU’s BME Campaign called on the University and Colleges to …
Target Oxbridge helps 71 Black students gain Oxbridge offers
WEBJan 29, 2021 · Target Oxbridge has announced that it has helped 71 Black students earn Oxbridge offers for the 2021/22 academic year, with 34 offers made from the University of Oxford and 37 from the University of Cambridge.. The Target Oxbridge programme, which was created and is run by the diversity recruitment specialist and for-profit social enterprise Rare, sets out to increase the representation of ...
Zero Gravity helps 151 low-income students receive Oxbridge offers
WEBFriday February 12 2021, 12:00am. 151 low-income students, with the support of Zero Gravity, have been made offers to Oxford and Cambridge for entry in October 2021. Zero Gravity, which was launched during the first UK lockdown in March, digitally connects undergraduate mentors with state-educated, low-income students to …
Abolishing private schools is not the answer | Varsity
WEBMay 21, 2022 · With a 28% private school intake, the numbers are certainly skewed. However, this is often compared to the 6.5% attending private schools, conveniently omitting the fact that 18% of sixth form students are privately educated. Although there is a disparity, it is far less shocking than often proposed. The …
University of Cambridge ranks fifth globally | Varsity
WEBSep 2, 2021 · The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking of 2022 has placed the University of Cambridge at fifth place globally, out of 1,662 universities from 99 countries and regions.. The University of Cambridge has risen by one position from last year, returning to a top-five position.This position is shared with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.