British Universities Drop In World Rankings ‘Because They Are Forced To Focus On Diversity’

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British universities are sliding down the world rankings as a result of increased pressure to focus on diversity rather than excellence, experts say.

 

This year’s rankings, published by the Times Higher Education, showed of the leading British universities Cambridge has fallen from second to fourth place and Oxford from third place to fifth.

 

Phil Baty, the editor of the prestigious world university rankings, warned that “the UK’s diminishing performance occurs as institutions in Asia rapidly rise up the table; the continent has 18 representatives, up from 10 last year.”

 

The Express reports that the director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at Buckingham University, Alan Smithers, criticised “government interference” that insists universities increase their intake of students from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds.

 

“Its current polices are causing universities to take their eye off the ball of recruiting the best to comply with Government demands to increase the proportions entering and graduating from state schools, ethnic minorities and postcodes from which, in the past, few students have come.”

 

As the UK’s top institutions of learning slide down the tables and the number of British universities in the world’s top 100 drops from 12 to just ten, Mr. Smithers expressed concern that the nation’s global standing is “in decline”.

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