Cambridge women’s only college to accept men from 2021

One of Cambridge University’s last women’s only colleges is to accept men from 2021, as its president says there are now “other under-represented groups”, writes Camilla Turner for The Telegraph.

The president of Lucy Cavendish College said its new admissions policy “reflects a clear commitment to widening participation”. Professor Dame Madeleine Atkins announced that the college will open its doors to “excellent students from non-traditional backgrounds, regardless of gender” and the minimum entry age of 21 will also be abolished.

Given that mature women are no longer “severely under-represented” at Cambridge University – as they were in the 1960s when Lucy Cavendish was founded – the admission policy must change to reflect this, she said.
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