SRA making exam easier to help BAME students
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced that it is considering dropping a written skills test for new solicitors because black, asian and ethnic
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Diversity
Policing – 50:50 policy would ‘double BAME representation in three years’
The NBPA called for a change in legislation to allow forces to recruit one BAME officer for every white one.
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Meghan Markle could win award after Prince Harry spoke out on ‘unconscious racism’
The Duchess of Sussex is tipped to be one of this year’s big winners at the Ethnicity Awards alongside Stormzy
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Black men still face the highest risk of being killed by police
Five years after Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, launched a national conversation about race and police brutality, black men
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‘Only 12% booked me under my real name’ : BAME performers at the fringe
For Scotland’s capital August means the rushed arrival of throngs of people in search of the quality theatre, comedy and
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One in four BAME people in Britain want ‘name-blind’ university applications
More than a quarter of Bame Britons believe removing names from university applications would widen access, compared to less than a sixth of white Britons,
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BAME Representation at Oxbridge: How Brexit Will Add Insult to Injury
The stereotypical perception of Oxford and Cambridge is one of white privilege; playgrounds for the wealthy, the final stage in
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2019 Judicial diversity statistics – Only 12% of Magistrates declared themselves as BAME
The annual England and Wales judicial diversity figures for 2019 have been published showing the figures as at 1 April
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15 Summer reads by black authors
Summer is upon us, which means it’s time to charge our melanin on the beaches and in parks, stretched out
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Pilot placement scheme to help BAME journalists break into radio and podcast
A new placement scheme will help tackle dwindling diversity figures in the UK audio journalism. In its pilot effort, the
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Racism in UK universities is blocking BAME academics from the top
erhaps one of the most harmful myths about British universities is that they are meritocratic and free from racism. Senior managers
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The Cambridge BME counsellor initiative, one year on
The University hailed the first year of its introduction of allowing students to make appointments with Black, Asian and Minority
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The beauty industry needs to wake up – you can’t be ‘ethical’ if you’re exploiting people of colour
Written by: Niellah Arboine Over the last year, I’ve tried to make a conscious effort to be more sustainable in
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BME housing associations: how specialist providers changed the sector
Four decades on from their birth, BME housing associations have had a lasting impact on the sector. Gavriel Hollander examines their legacy. Photography
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Huggies uses black father and daughter in its packaging for the first time
Nappy brand Huggies has released a new line of diapers that features a black family in its packaging. The move
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