A study published by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that in England 58 per cent of people aged 25 to 44 with foreign-born parents progress to higher education, compared to 46 per cent of those with British-born parents.
The figures are similar for Northern Ireland, where 53 per cent of people with foreign-born parents go to university, compared with 38 per cent of those with native-born parents.
The OECD report – Education at a Glance 2016 – which analyses the state of education around the world, also noted that teachers in the UK are among the youngest in the OECD’s 35 countries.
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