The secret to getting into Oxbridge

BEING incredibly rich and successful could dramatically improve your chances of attending an Oxbridge college earlier in life, a new survey has found.

A team from the Department of Reverse Chronology at Roehampton University surveyed more than 500 directors at FTSE 250 firms, and found that 37% went on to attend either Oxford or Cambridge University 20 or 30 years earlier.

Dr Jennifer Potter, who led the research, said: “This is the first empirical evidence we have to show that the best way of getting into Oxford or Cambridge is to be a rich fatcat in later life.”