Cambridge University ‘discriminating in opposition to wealthy, white males’

Cambridge University is discriminating in opposition to privately educated white males, it has been claimed.

Professor James Tooley, the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, is about to unveil a brand new course subsequent week on the origins of the ‘woke‘ motion.

The course has already signed up 100 individuals for a web-based course and there are plans for a grasp’s diploma and a PhD within the topic this Autumn.

Professor Tooley, who’s a former educational at Newcastle University, highlighted Cambridge University for explicitly saying it will cut back the variety of wealthier white males.

Professor James Tooley, the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham

Pictured, King’s College Chapel within the University of Cambridge in Cambridge

The professor mentioned that oppression comes from the highest because the calls for of presidency mingling with peer stress has created a groupthink.

He additionally mentioned regulators setting variety and inclusion targets meant censorship was infiltrating admissions and analysis.

The professor mentioned: ‘Cambridge famously, explicitly, is decreasing the numbers of what you may name wealthier white males.

‘They’re rising the variety of ethnic minority men and women, and females typically, and are due to this fact decreasing the variety of white males.

‘And due to this fact what you see is admissions insurance policies being undermined by a authorities regulator.

Professor Tooley mentioned he was impressed by the personal establishment’s co-founder and former chancellor Margaret Thatcher (pictured)

‘Cambridge is completely being discriminatory in opposition to the privately educated, significantly privately educated white males.

‘They are being discriminated in opposition to. It could be very insidious however the authorities is not off the hook right here.

‘There is the potential for the regulator to make use of circumstances of registration to intrude with educational freedom.

‘They’re already utilizing them to intrude with the choice of college students.’

Cambridge’s state college consumption has elevated to 72.9 per cent in 2022, in contrast with 64.1 per cent of these provided locations in 2013, The Times reported.

Buckingham is the nation’s oldest personal college and was based in 1976.

It was granted college standing seven years later.

Professor Tooley mentioned he was impressed by the personal establishment’s co-founder and former chancellor Margaret Thatcher.

He mentioned he felt she had been ‘at his shoulder’ and would have supported his battle without spending a dime and numerous speech.

MailOnline has contacted Cambridge University for remark.