Stormzy paves the way to Oxford and Cambridge universities for more black students

British grime and hip-hop artist Stormzy, pictured, is offering a scholarship aimed at getting more black students admitted to top British universities

The scholarship is to help support black students at Cambridge University after no black students were admitted into some Cambridge colleges between 2012 and 2016.

“If you’re academically brilliant, don’t think because you come from a certain community that studying at one of the highest education institutions in the world isn’t possible,” Stormzy told BBC television.

The London artist, real name Michael Owuo, said he had harboured ambitions of studying at either Oxford or Cambridge when he was at school.

“I had the academic ability,” he said.

“I diverted and ended up doing music, so it didn’t happen for me.”

Two successful black Cambridge applicants this year and two next year will have their fees paid for by the scholarship.

The announcement came as students in England received their A level results, which plays a big role in determining their chances of getting into university. – AFP