For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a cambridge graduate myself, and whilst im so glad i studied there, as a mixed race south londoner who grew up in care, it felt worlds apart from what i was used to. And nearly ten yea
Now on bbc news, we follow three black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and find out how academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a
Being black at cambridge. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a cambridge graduate myself, and whilst im so glad i studied there, as a mixed race south londoner who grew up in care, it felt worlds apart from what i was u
Studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge, for some it can feel like a new world. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a cambridge graduate myself,
Now on bbc news. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge, for some it can feel like a new world. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, b