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

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  • Gianna Boero
  • Brian Karanja
  • Robin Naylor
  • Tammy Thiele

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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.

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  • Gianna Boero & Brian Karanja & Robin Naylor & Tammy Thiele, 2025. "Awarding gaps in higher education by ethnicity, schooling and family background: a UK university case study," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3), pages 462-477, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:33:y:2025:i:3:p:462-477
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2024.2357652
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