A second Cambridge University women-only college is reviewing its admissions policy to assess whether it is transgender-friendly enough, The Daily Telegraph understands.

Lucy Cavendish College decided on Wednesday night to review its admissions policy, which could involve making it easier for students to apply if they are legally classed as a man, but live as a woman.

Murray Edwards is the first of Cambridge's three women-only colleges to change its policy to allow any students who "identify" as female to apply.

Until this year, the college required all applicants to be “legally defined as female”. But the college’s council has approved an update to its entry criteria, stating that it will now accept any student “who at the point of application identifies as a woman”.