Nadhim Zahawi launches bid to get universities to take in more white working-class boys
- Just a handful of institutions set goals for number of white working-class males
- Research shows 12.6 per cent of them go on to higher education by the age of 19
- And support for the group with bursaries and scholarships is non-existent
A new national target is to be introduced in a bid to increase the number of white working-class males studying at university, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Research shows that only 12.6 per cent of them go on to higher education by the age of 19 – the lowest of all demographic groups – and they are less likely to get good grades at school than their equally disadvantaged ethnic minority peers.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has asked regulators at the…
