Universities could be given the chance to choose students from ethnic minorities over other applicants in order to increase student diversity.

The government's higher education admissions task-force has published a report which encourages universities to consider, "the educational benefits of diversity" when deciding on who to offer places to.

The report also calls for an end to A Level forecasting and the scrapping of university offers based on grade predictions.

The Telegraph describes the reforms as "the most radical changes to university admissions for more than 50 years."