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When applying to Oxford, prospective students are told that “on the whole, colleges have more similarities than differences”. But in practice, students end up in colleges with starkly different financial means which affect their ability to provide for students. Heightened by the cost-of-living crisis, disparities between colleges have increased significantly over the past few years. Richer colleges have been able to weather the storm and grow their assets while the poorer colleges have had to run deficits. The impacts of the university’s current redistribution policy have been negligible to correct these. ​ For example, in the last 4 years, Christ Church’s wealth increased by £169 million, larger than the combined endowment growth of the poorest 10 colleges over the same time. There's a significant correlation between college wealth and financial support. The richer colleges offer up to 7 times more financial support in the form of scholarships, prizes, and grants. Richer colleges tend

--> Home | College Disparities top of page Oxford's Unequal Landscape When applying to Oxford, prospective students are told that "on the whole, colleges have more similarities than differences". But in practice, students end up in colleges with starkly different financial means which affect their ability to provide for students. It's Only Getting Worse Heightened by the cost-of-living crisis, disparities between colleges have increased significantly over the past few years. Richer colleges have been able to weather the storm and grow their assets while the poorer colleges have had to run defi

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