Editing King's College, Cambridge (section)

== Intake and access profile ==

The college has gradually broadened its intake to include many students from [[state school]]s, often having the highest proportion of maintained school acceptances of the undergraduate colleges. This has led to accusations of reactionary bias against [[Public school (UK)|public school]] pupils and of affirmative action (positive discrimination), although the relatively high proportion of state-school students reflects the far greater number of applications from pupils at maintained schools in comparison to other Cambridge colleges.<ref>{{cite journal |date=20 April 2009 |title=Table 5.1 Proportion of Home applications and acceptances to Cambridge from the maintained sector by College 2008 and 2007 |journal=Cambridge University Reporter |issue=Special No 17 |pages=15–16 |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2008-09/special/17/table5_1.pdf |access-date=19 July 2012 | volume =CXXXIX}}</ref>

King's has established a Schools Liaison Officer post in order to provide support to students, whatever their background, and schools and colleges of any type to find out more about the [[University of Cambridge]] and the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/admissions/welcome/schoolsLiaison.html |title=Schools Liaison Initiative |publisher=King's College, Cambridge |access-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831153202/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/admissions/welcome/schoolsLiaison.html |archive-date=31 August 2009 }}</ref> King's is the link Cambridge college for schools in North East England through Cambridge University Area Links Scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/access/arealinks/ |title=Cambridge University Area Links Scheme | publisher= Cambridge University |access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref>

Generally, the atmosphere at King's is considered to be easier than that of other colleges to integrate into for students from a working-class or minority background. However, a survey conducted by Varsity Newspaper in January 2009 revealed that the average parental income of students who participated in the survey at King's was higher than the university average.<ref>{{cite news |title=From dumpster-diving to raucous revels |first=Caedmon |last=Tunstall-Behrens |url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/archive/687.pdf | newspaper=Varsity |date=23 January 2009 |access-date=18 July 2012 | location=Cambridge | pages=1, 4–5}}</ref>

In June 2018, Dr. [[Priyamvada Gopal]] alleged racial profiling by college porters at the gate of King's College, Cambridge. Gopal said that she was subjected to racial profiling and aggression by the porters and gatekeepers of King's and said porters frequently hassled non-white staff and students at the gates. While several students and staff corroborated her accusations, a King's College spokeswoman denied wrongdoing by staff.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-44565540 King's College racism row: Students support academic] ''[[BBC]]''</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Donna |title='I want to see Cambridge University breaking the silence on race' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jun/23/priyamvada-gopal-cambridge-lecturer-racial-profiling-row |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |date=23 June 2018}}</ref> As a result of the attention the issue received, Cambridge University students came forward describing similar experiences.  Gopal said that she received hate mail following her announcement. Gopal announced that she would no longer supervise students at King's until there was a resolution to the long-standing problem.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/cambridge-academic-strike-racism-porters-doctor-priyamvada-gopal-english-a8407981.html | title=Cambridge academic says she will not work for university after accusing porters of racist abuse | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=21 June 2018 }}</ref>