Awarding gaps in higher education by ethnicity, schooling and family background: a UK university case study

Gianna Boero, Brian Karanja, Robin Naylor and Tammy Thiele

Education Economics, 2025, vol. 33, issue 3, 462-477

Abstract: It is well established that UK students who had attended private schools before university perform less well at university, on average, than students educated in state schools. Using data for a particular university, we find that while this result holds for White students, among Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity (‘BAME’) students private schooling is – on average – associated positively with degree class; again this is true regardless of gender but is stronger among males. This is driven by a strong positive association among Black students and students of Mixed Ethnicity. Among Asian students, there is no association on average – but this conceals a strong negative association for those from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2024.2357652

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