Law and financial services remain “elitist industries”, with more than half of employers only hiring from eight top universities, according to a report.
A survey of 1,600 hiring managers from leading UK industries found 41 per cent of law firms, and a quarter of accountancy, banking, and insurance companies, are unlikely to hire anyone without a degree.
An alarming 52 per cent of legal, and 51 per cent of financial services companies quizzed will only consider candidates from Oxford, St Andrew’s, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial College London, Durham University, UCL, or the University of Bath.
