Our thanks to Mike P for this. An extract, emphases ours:
Latest figures show 1,275 British women were given offers to go to the university this year compared with 1,165 men. Of those, 1,070 female pupils took up their place while 1,025 males did so, said admissions body Ucas, whose figures cover home-grown students.
This year’s results are surprising since 5,360 men applied to Oxford compared to 5,245 women, a continuation of a long-term trend.
A university spokesman hailed the statistics as a positive step for gender equality.
He said: ‘We can’t say for certain whether this is the first time in history that Oxford has let in more women than men.
‘While it’s too early to call this a trend, it is a welcome sign of progress for female applicants.’ [J4MB: And, by extension, a welcome sign in decline for male applicants.]
Dr Samina Khan, director of undergraduate admissions and outreach, said: ‘It is a welcome sign of progress for female applicants to Oxford and we will continue to aim for gender parity when it comes to admission.’
Justice for Men & Boys 
Could well be the beginning of the slide for Oxford.
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Agreed – along with the longer exam times to help women get higher grades, on which we reported recently.
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Adjusting a competency standard isn’t required for a genuinely disabled person so why should it be for Ms Sneauxflaeke?
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As always… because vagina. No other reason required.
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So gender parity means more women than men. Full parity or equality will be achieved only when there are no men and all students are women.
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Haha no, I’m sure she means 50/50. But of course when more than 50% of Oxford students are women, the gender ‘problem’ will cease to exist – as it ceased to exist when the proportion of female students across UK universities passed 50%. Now over 60% I believe.
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But if a majority of female students only represents “progress”, then their ultimate aim has not yet been achieved.
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Well of course at least there is rough parity. For most Universities there’d be far fewer male students starting.
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equality (meaning female majority nowadays) is the stated government goal, regardless of merit. What has happened to the country? Russian tanks could not impose this on Britain, yet when this same philosophy comes from the ladies, it is not only fine, but even welcome ! The Russians and Chinese only need to sit back and watch as Britain implodes. ..
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Quote:-
‘’It is a welcome sign of progress for female applicants to Oxford and we will continue to aim for gender parity when it comes to admission.”
How can having greater numbers of women students POSSIBLY ‘be gender parity’ for f***s sake?
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