UK scheme supporting Black students to reach Oxbridge expands to nursery schools

The Hemisphere programme helps teachers see how unconscious damages students’ prospects

One of the UK’s most successful schemes supporting students of Black heritage to get into Oxford and Cambridge universities is expanding to help children as young as three years old to achieve their academic potential.

Target Oxbridge has worked with more than 800 Black British students, of whom more than 350 have secured Oxbridge offers. In 2021, alumni from the scheme made up 24% of the Black British undergraduates starting at the universities.