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The number of male students at the University of Oxford from elite schools declined significantly by the middle of the twentieth century, a new study shows.
In contrast the proportion of female students remained steady. Those with fathers with professional jobs rose dramatically by the 1960s, according to the analysis.
At the beginning of the century around 25 to 35 per cent had fathers in professional occupations. This had risen to around 50 per cent among those arriving at Oxford in the 1960s.
The research, published in the journal Gender & History, was carried out by Dr Eve Worth from the University of Exeter with colleagues from the University of Oxford (Prof Aaron Reeves) and Warwick Business School (Dr Naomi Muggleton). The team used rare and detailed data on matriculants to the University of Oxford between 1900 and 1970. They also conducted 72 interviews with men and women who had an entry in Who’s Who and analysed interviews conducted as part of the British Libraries National Life Stories project. The research is part of the project “Changing Elites in Britain since 1850”.
Mothers of male students were much more likely to be housewives and mothers of female students were more likely to be employed - especially in education.
Among the earliest cohorts in the twentieth century over 70 per cent of mothers were a housewife or homemaker. In 1940 this was three quarters of male matriculants and half of women. By the 1960s
but this declined rapidly until less than half of the mothers of matriculants were in this occupational position.
In the early 1940s, around 13 per cent of women and 6.4 per cent of men matriculants had parents in the same occupation. By late 1960s this had risen to 16 per cent for women and 14 per cent for men.
Dr Worth said: “Shifts in the economy, society and Oxford’s admissions practices are reflected in this data. Middle class women – and the mothers of those at elite universities - changed from being predominantly housewives to professionals.
“The mothers of Oxford matriculants were increasingly entering the same types of occupations as their husbands. They had an important influence on their daughters, who gave them a sense of the value of obtaining an education in general. This intensified in the post-war period. Fathers who worked in education had a particular influence on their daughters.”
The research focuses on the elite Clarendon schools for boys and 12 elite girls’ schools - Cheltenham Ladies’ College, North London Collegiate School, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Oxford High School for Girls, Queen’s College on Harley Street, St Leonards in St Andrews, Clifton High School for Girls, King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham, Roedean, Godolphin & Laytmer Girls’ School, Wycombe Abbey, and the Benenden School.
There was a steady decline in the proportion of male matriculants getting into Oxford from the nine Clarendon schools over this period analysed by Dr Worth. At the beginning of the twentieth century over 25 per cent of male students came from just these 9 schools. Among the 1960s intake, this had dropped to around 10 per cent. This is due to changing admissions processes and the increasing trend for middle class families to send children to grammar and comprehensive schools. For girls schools this was steadier - 10 to 15 per cent of the female intake to Oxford during this period.
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Number of male Oxbridge students from elite schools declined significantly in the middle of the twentieth century, study shows
2024-05-03
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