Sunday, December 3, 2023
  • Login
School Management Plus: School & education news worldwide
  • Home
  • Latest
    • Latest News
    • The Week in Education
    • School News & Announcements
  • Exclusives
    • How We Did It
    • Spotlight on a School
    • 30 minutes with…
    • School Management Plus Magazine
  • UK Independent
    • Heads & Governors
    • Admissions & Marketing
    • Bursars & Finance
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Development & Fundraising
    • Alumni Relations
    • Communications & PR
    • Wellbeing & Inclusion
    • Education Technology
    • Estate Management
    • Data Management
    • Safeguarding
    • Online Learning
    • SEND
    • Exams & Assessment
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Sports and Outdoors
  • International
    • International School News
    • Wellbeing
    • The View From Here
    • School Owners & Operators
    • Curriculum Design
    • Overseas Development
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Education Technology
    • International School Magazine
  • Academies
    • CEOs
    • Finance
    • Partnerships
    • Safeguarding
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Social Mobility
    • Government Policy
    • Ofsted
  • Jobs
    • View Vacancies
    • Advertise your Jobs
    • Why work there?
    • Movers & Shakers
    • CPD
  • Video
    • Russell Speirs and Friends
    • Inspiring Leadership
    • School Leaders
    • Membership Bodies
    • The Friday Club
  • Suppliers
    • Meet the Supplier
    • From Our Partners
    • Supplier Directory
    • Advertise
  • About
    • Editorial Board
    • Associations & Distribution
    • Our Publications
      • International School Magazine
      • School Management Plus Magazine
      • Wellbeing in International Schools Magazine
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest
    • Latest News
    • The Week in Education
    • School News & Announcements
  • Exclusives
    • How We Did It
    • Spotlight on a School
    • 30 minutes with…
    • School Management Plus Magazine
  • UK Independent
    • Heads & Governors
    • Admissions & Marketing
    • Bursars & Finance
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Development & Fundraising
    • Alumni Relations
    • Communications & PR
    • Wellbeing & Inclusion
    • Education Technology
    • Estate Management
    • Data Management
    • Safeguarding
    • Online Learning
    • SEND
    • Exams & Assessment
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Sports and Outdoors
  • International
    • International School News
    • Wellbeing
    • The View From Here
    • School Owners & Operators
    • Curriculum Design
    • Overseas Development
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Education Technology
    • International School Magazine
  • Academies
    • CEOs
    • Finance
    • Partnerships
    • Safeguarding
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Social Mobility
    • Government Policy
    • Ofsted
  • Jobs
    • View Vacancies
    • Advertise your Jobs
    • Why work there?
    • Movers & Shakers
    • CPD
  • Video
    • Russell Speirs and Friends
    • Inspiring Leadership
    • School Leaders
    • Membership Bodies
    • The Friday Club
  • Suppliers
    • Meet the Supplier
    • From Our Partners
    • Supplier Directory
    • Advertise
  • About
    • Editorial Board
    • Associations & Distribution
    • Our Publications
      • International School Magazine
      • School Management Plus Magazine
      • Wellbeing in International Schools Magazine
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
School Management Plus: School & education news worldwide
No Result
View All Result
Home Admissions & Marketing

Tory peer warns of ‘inexorable decline’ in quality of Oxbridge applicants

Lord Black of Brentwood condemns comments by Cambridge vice-chancellor Stephen Toope as 'Trumpesque fake news'

Irena Barker by Irena Barker
May 13, 2022
in Admissions & Marketing, Bursars & Finance, College Counselling, Heads & Governors, Latest News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
1 0
A A
0
ISAMS web banner
Guy Black, Lord Black of Brentwood, makes comments about Oxbridge admissions
Linked InShare on FacebookShare on TwitterPin This

Comments by the vice chancellor of Cambridge University about reducing admissions from independent schools are “Trumpesque ‘fake news’” and “social engineering”, a conference has heard.

In a closing keynote speech to the AMCIS conference this week, Lord Black of Brentwood said that Oxbridge would be the “losers” if they discriminated against the private sector, missing out on “great talent” as a result.

“The brightest and the best must now be thinking: ‘what is the point of Oxbridge?’” he told an audience of school marketing, admissions and communications professionals.

Black, who is deputy chair of the Telegraph Media Group, said: “I am sure I was not alone in being shocked by the Trumpesque ‘fake news’ comments from the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, Professor Stephen Toope, that – for what are in essence ideological reasons, indeed basically social engineering – that it must be ‘very, very clear we are intending to reduce over time the number of people who are coming from independent school backgrounds into places like Oxford or Cambridge.’”

Black, who is a former director of communications for the Conservative party, added: “But the losers will be Oxbridge who will miss out on great talent: the quality of their applicants will inexorably decline while those from other Universities will rise. The brightest and the best must now be thinking: ‘what is the point of Oxbridge?’ And they would be right… Cambridge [will] slide inexorably down the international league tables – with profound consequences for Britain, culturally, politically, intellectually and economically. It may be too late to fight back – but we should try.”

Lord Black stressed that the independent sector could now “take nothing for granted” in terms of support from politicians, even though its schools could play a vital role contributing to society.

“The independent education sector – which has largely been shielded from political animosity for generations – can take nothing for granted. We can’t even take as a given the continuing support of a Conservative Government which is already sacrificing so many things on the amorphous, rhetorical altar of so-called ‘levelling-up’ instead of preserving the timeless values of individual freedom and liberty.”

Lord Black also addressed the conference about the evolution of school marketing and communications, the growing importance of data and the increased premium on quality journalism.

Tags: college counsellingOxbridgepolitics
ShareShare2Tweet1Pin
Irena Barker

Irena Barker

Irena Barker is the digital editor of School Management Plus. She also works as a freelance journalist and copywriter specialising in education.

web banner Litmus web banner square Kampus24

Video

  • All
  • Video
Suzie Longstaff, principal, London Park Schools
Admissions & Marketing

In Conversation: Suzie Longstaff, principal, London Park Schools

November 27, 2023
20
Russell Speirs and Friends: Libby Nicholas, Dukes Education
Heads & Governors

Russell Speirs and Friends: Libby Nicholas, Dukes Education

November 21, 2023
20
Russell Speirs and Friends: James MacDonald, International School of Brussels
Heads & Governors

Russell Speirs and Friends: James MacDonald, International School of Brussels

November 6, 2023
20
In Conversation with: Mark Mortimer, warden, Glenalmond College, Scotland
Heads & Governors

In Conversation with: Mark Mortimer, warden, Glenalmond College, Scotland

October 17, 2023
20

Latest News

Robot tutors week in education
EdTech

‘Robot tutors can’t lead children through the education minefield’

December 1, 2023
20
Godolphin School Salisbury
Latest News

Godolphin School to accept boys for the first time

December 1, 2023
20
Channing School
Bursars & Finance

Partnerships: ‘You need to be relentless’

November 29, 2023
20
David Cresswell, to be new head at Barnard Castle School
Latest News

David Cresswell to lead Barnard Castle School

November 27, 2023
20
Modern suffragettes, GSA conference
Heads & Governors

‘A meeting of polite revolutionaries’

November 24, 2023
20
Hannah Helliar, St Mary's School Cambridge
Movers & Shakers

St Mary’s School in Cambridge appoints new headmistress

November 23, 2023
20
School Management Plus: School & education news worldwide

© 2020 Independent School Management Plus.

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • Latest
  • Exclusives
  • UK Independent
  • International
  • Academies
  • Jobs
  • Video
  • Suppliers
  • About

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest
    • Latest News
    • The Week in Education
    • School News & Announcements
  • Exclusives
    • How We Did It
    • Spotlight on a School
    • 30 minutes with…
    • School Management Plus Magazine
  • UK Independent
    • Heads & Governors
    • Admissions & Marketing
    • Bursars & Finance
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Development & Fundraising
    • Alumni Relations
    • Communications & PR
    • Wellbeing & Inclusion
    • Education Technology
    • Estate Management
    • Data Management
    • Safeguarding
    • Online Learning
    • SEND
    • Exams & Assessment
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Sports and Outdoors
  • International
    • International School News
    • Wellbeing
    • The View From Here
    • School Owners & Operators
    • Curriculum Design
    • Overseas Development
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Education Technology
    • International School Magazine
  • Academies
    • CEOs
    • Finance
    • Partnerships
    • Safeguarding
    • HR & Staff Recruitment
    • Social Mobility
    • Government Policy
    • Ofsted
  • Jobs
    • View Vacancies
    • Advertise your Jobs
    • Why work there?
    • Movers & Shakers
    • CPD
  • Video
    • Russell Speirs and Friends
    • Inspiring Leadership
    • School Leaders
    • Membership Bodies
    • The Friday Club
  • Suppliers
    • Meet the Supplier
    • From Our Partners
    • Supplier Directory
    • Advertise
  • About
    • Editorial Board
    • Associations & Distribution
    • Our Publications
      • International School Magazine
      • School Management Plus Magazine
      • Wellbeing in International Schools Magazine
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us

© 2020 Independent School Management Plus.

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Linked In
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.