>In October the University of Bradford was named the leading university in England for improving students’ social mobility for the third year running.
>It already offers a scholarship, funded by Keith Howard Foundation, for black and ethnic minority students studying on a full-time MSc programme within its School of Management.
Seems like a win for everyone.
I’m sure this will go down well with absolutely zero outrage.
White men from disadvantaged backgrounds are the least likely group to go to university in this country.
There is an education gap in this country and we’re not willing to talk about it because it affects the wrong half of our young people.
I expect this will get outrage from the bedwetters who have no problem with similar schemes for black and minority students. I expect Dianne Abbot is frothing at the mouth as we speak, ready to tweet something stupid.
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But, honestly, all exclusive scholarships should be made illegal. Whether it be for white students or black students or Jewish students or LGBT students. Just have the scholarship for all–regardless.
Maybe instead of everyone fighting over who’s the most oppressed and most deserving of scholarships, we should be fighting for a return to State funded Higher Education, such as what most of our current crop of elected leaders benefited from?
Based on all the reports and articles I’ve read about the economic mobility in this group, this is the right call.
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There are also a lot of jokes about Bradford on offer here, but I won’t take the bait!
Can’t imagine it will be met positively.
I remember a Professor wanted to create bursaries and were outright rejected by the schools as they thought it would be a bad look.
I don’t get why university provided scholarships need to be linked to race at all. It should just be for those from disadvantaged backgrounds regardless of race.
Outreach programmes targeting different groups that are less likely to apply/go to university is acceptable
Would rather them just remove all identity based scholarships rather than this weird game of trying to rebalance it after it goes too far each time.
Good.
I think there’s a gap here and I’m glad they’re looking at it.
I don’t get all the negativity here. Bradford has an outstanding record in facilitating social mobility. You would think that should be applauded here.
And they have achieved that in part by specifically targeting disadvantaged groups, and especially intersections of those. This is just another attempt to do exactly that.
Well they are foreign students in Bradford after all.
Latest last ditch effort to get white people to go to Bradford.
Sounds fair. Send them to the worst university in the country on a scholarship because white working class boys now represent “diversity” in Bradford.
They already offer scholarships for students of other marginalised demographics, so having one targeted around class specifically is a good thing too. Class mobility is notoriously poor in this country.
Haven’t they suffered enough? Making them spend 3 years in Bradford is just out of order.
My wife will be heading up a national project at UCL on widening participation amongst disadvantaged groups going to university. Whilst I fully support the idea, it’s always the most elite of these organisations that seem to do these studies. I’d love to see how the introduction of student fees fucked further education for massive numbers of people
Personally I dislike all the race based things like this
But there is something that needs to be done on the basis of social class and generational disadvantage, but that is a lot more complex to fix that a few scholarships
As scholarships will only be accessed by those with the right background anyway, change needs to start a lot earlier in the education system
But there are also definitely targeted bursaries needed in areas which are heavily middle and upper class, such as doctors
On an unrelated note, I wonder what Diane Abbott is thinking right now
Whilst welcome in the sense it addresses a gap in the first place if everything that was to require assistance was means tested there would be no need for racial profiling.
If you have added a caveat, like if you have a skin colour/race to one group, but a skin colour+’class’ condition to the other, you have still discriminated.
Ive seen reverse discrimination in action where someone goes to uni and then be effectively treated by their family and friends as a traitor to the working class. The children of immigrants don’t have that class system baggage.
I’m a Black woman and I see no issue with this. University should be free for those who want to go anyway IMO.
>White working-class males currently represent about 1.7% of the University of Bradford’s student body compared to a higher education sector average of 4.6%.
That’s insane. I had no idea it was that bad. 4.6%!
It’s nice to see this scholarship. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up getting shut down after pushback though.
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>In October the University of Bradford was named the leading university in England for improving students’ social mobility for the third year running.
>It already offers a scholarship, funded by Keith Howard Foundation, for black and ethnic minority students studying on a full-time MSc programme within its School of Management.
Seems like a win for everyone.
I’m sure this will go down well with absolutely zero outrage.
If anyone questions why this might be necessary I encourage you to read the [article](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54278727) linked at the bottom of it.
White men from disadvantaged backgrounds are the least likely group to go to university in this country.
There is an education gap in this country and we’re not willing to talk about it because it affects the wrong half of our young people.
I expect this will get outrage from the bedwetters who have no problem with similar schemes for black and minority students. I expect Dianne Abbot is frothing at the mouth as we speak, ready to tweet something stupid.
​
But, honestly, all exclusive scholarships should be made illegal. Whether it be for white students or black students or Jewish students or LGBT students. Just have the scholarship for all–regardless.
Maybe instead of everyone fighting over who’s the most oppressed and most deserving of scholarships, we should be fighting for a return to State funded Higher Education, such as what most of our current crop of elected leaders benefited from?
Based on all the reports and articles I’ve read about the economic mobility in this group, this is the right call.
​
There are also a lot of jokes about Bradford on offer here, but I won’t take the bait!
Can’t imagine it will be met positively.
I remember a Professor wanted to create bursaries and were outright rejected by the schools as they thought it would be a bad look.
I don’t get why university provided scholarships need to be linked to race at all. It should just be for those from disadvantaged backgrounds regardless of race.
Outreach programmes targeting different groups that are less likely to apply/go to university is acceptable
Would rather them just remove all identity based scholarships rather than this weird game of trying to rebalance it after it goes too far each time.
Good.
I think there’s a gap here and I’m glad they’re looking at it.
I don’t get all the negativity here. Bradford has an outstanding record in facilitating social mobility. You would think that should be applauded here.
And they have achieved that in part by specifically targeting disadvantaged groups, and especially intersections of those. This is just another attempt to do exactly that.
Well they are foreign students in Bradford after all.
Latest last ditch effort to get white people to go to Bradford.
Sounds fair. Send them to the worst university in the country on a scholarship because white working class boys now represent “diversity” in Bradford.
They already offer scholarships for students of other marginalised demographics, so having one targeted around class specifically is a good thing too. Class mobility is notoriously poor in this country.
Haven’t they suffered enough? Making them spend 3 years in Bradford is just out of order.
My wife will be heading up a national project at UCL on widening participation amongst disadvantaged groups going to university. Whilst I fully support the idea, it’s always the most elite of these organisations that seem to do these studies. I’d love to see how the introduction of student fees fucked further education for massive numbers of people
Personally I dislike all the race based things like this
But there is something that needs to be done on the basis of social class and generational disadvantage, but that is a lot more complex to fix that a few scholarships
As scholarships will only be accessed by those with the right background anyway, change needs to start a lot earlier in the education system
But there are also definitely targeted bursaries needed in areas which are heavily middle and upper class, such as doctors
On an unrelated note, I wonder what Diane Abbott is thinking right now
Whilst welcome in the sense it addresses a gap in the first place if everything that was to require assistance was means tested there would be no need for racial profiling.
If you have added a caveat, like if you have a skin colour/race to one group, but a skin colour+’class’ condition to the other, you have still discriminated.
Ive seen reverse discrimination in action where someone goes to uni and then be effectively treated by their family and friends as a traitor to the working class. The children of immigrants don’t have that class system baggage.
I’m a Black woman and I see no issue with this. University should be free for those who want to go anyway IMO.
>White working-class males currently represent about 1.7% of the University of Bradford’s student body compared to a higher education sector average of 4.6%.
That’s insane. I had no idea it was that bad. 4.6%!
It’s nice to see this scholarship. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up getting shut down after pushback though.