UK Prime Minister David Cameron Says Names Will Be Removed from University Applications

He hopes this move will help fight unconscious bias.

British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron, who is reportedly a distant cousin of the Kardashian clan, is taking extra measures to fight unconscious racial and ethnic bias by removing names from university applications.

According to BBC News, the announcement was made on Monday during a round table discussion at the Conservative Party leader’s headquarters on Downing Street. "I said in my conference speech that I want us to end discrimination and finish the fight for real equality in our country today," he told the Guardian. "Today we are delivering on that commitment and extending opportunity to all. If you've got the grades, the skills and the determination this government will ensure that you can succeed."

The plan doesn’t go into action until 2017 but Cameron says prominent graduate employers from both the public and private sector have already committed including the Civil Service, Teach First, the BBC, NHS, HSBC, Virgin Money, KPMG and Deloitte. These agencies employ a combined 1.8 million people.

While previous studies have suggested that minority students were less likely to be accepted into university, a 2014 study by Undergraduate Courses At University And College (UCAS)—a nonprofit that provides the application process for nearly all of Britain’s universities—showed different results. Their research found that among 18-year-olds entering university in 2014, 27.2% were white, 38.7% were Asian, and 34.3% were black.

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