GETTY Oxford University is attempting to make its artwork more inclusive to ethnic minorities

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Shockingly, the university has only taken 27 black undergraduates since 2014, prompting David Cameron to call for the university to take more ethnic minorities. There were calls from the “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign for the famous academic institution to “decolonise” its curriculum.

The university has commissioned dozens of new portraits at a cost of £900 each, it has been reported. Staff and students have been asked to nominate "suitable subjects" by the end of this week.

GETTY Libby Lane, the first female Church of England bishop, already has a painting at the university

Some prestigious colleges and buildings already have new pictures of prominent figures, including one of Libby Lane, the first female Church of England bishop, at St Peter's College. Pictures of Lucy Banda Sichone and Norman Manley, two Rhodes scholars and activists, have also been placed on the walls of Rhodes House, it was reported, and a photo of Naomi Wolf, the feminist and Rhodes scholar, is expected to go on display there too.

GETTY The Rhodes Must Fall group called for the statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed

Ms Wolf said: "While pictures are not the same as gender or race equality, I do not think this is trivial. If all you see are white men, white men, white men, it is very hard to believe that people in your society think you have a place in history." Journalist Amelia Gentleman also has a portrait at Wadham College.

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