More women than men accepted into Oxford

MORE women than men are winning places to study at Oxford University, figures show.

This academic year, it made more offers to female school-leavers than their male peers for the first time since 2010, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) revealed.

Almost a quarter (24.3 per cent) of women who applied in 2017 were offered a place, compared to one in five (21.8 per cent) of men, after Oxford undertook several measures to be more accommodating for women. Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said it was in part due to the Office for Fair Access “breathing down their necks to make sure their entry processes are fairer”.

Dr Samina Khan, director of Oxford admissions, said it was a “welcome sign of progress for female applicants”.