Oxford University is under fire after admitting only one black Caribbean student during the academic year

The elite university recruited more than 3,000 students in 2009 and almost 90% of them were white. Suggestions have now been made that ethnic quotas should be introduced to ensure more black and Pakistani students are given the chance to attend some of the best universities in the country. But Oxford has dismissed the idea and said they would continue to work to recruit more undergraduates from diverse backgrounds. Just five black Caribbean students were given places at Oxford in 2008. Black Caribbean school pupils have some of the worst GCSE results of any ethnic group in England. Concerns have also been raised over ethnic segregation, after the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that less than 10% of black students were enrolled at Russell Group universities, including Oxford.