US entrepreneur sets up Oxford scholarship for black UK students
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur is to fund Oxford university’s first dedicated scholarship for disadvantaged black British students, the university has
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University College London students demand removal of Black Watch officer’s statue due to its links to ‘racially prejudiced policies’ of British colonial rule
UCL students are calling for the removal of a Black Watch officer statue because of its links to the ‘racially
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Universities Interview ‘Monolithically white places’: academics on racism in universities
A new report has criticised universities’ complacency on racist abuse, but academics warn the the problem is deeper-rooted An inquiry
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Black students more likely to engage in studies – but still attain lower degrees, study finds
Black students are more likely to engage and participate in their university studies – and yet a larger proportion of them
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Alumni and students help save a historic black church through song
Fifteen years ago, G. Kimball Hart ’70 B.A., ’80 M.P.P.M., walked into the Austin Grove Church in Bluemont, Virginia, for
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Goldsmiths racism report finds BME students feel unsafe on campus
Senior managers at Goldsmiths, University of London, have admitted that its record of addressing racism is unacceptable after a damning report
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Racial inequality in ‘danger of being accepted as fact’, think tank warns
Racial inequality is in “danger of being accepted as fact” in higher education, a think tank warns as report suggests
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‘Look at how white the academy is’: why BAME students aren’t doing PhDs
When Usman Kayani chose to do a PhD in theoretical physics at King’s College London, he felt sure an academic
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Religious Studies GCSE entries fall despite popularity among pupils
The number of pupils in England and Wales taking GCSE Religious Studies full course has fallen for the third year
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Racism study finds one in three school students are victims of discrimination
A first-of-its-kind study of racism in Australian schools has found one in three students report being the victim of racial
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Schools’ failure to meet legal requirements on Religious Education continues to impact A-level entries
The growing number of secondary schools in England and Wales that are failing to provide Religious Education to all pupils
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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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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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Black academics bear brunt of university work on race equality
Earlier this year, Maxine Thomas-Asante asked her university if she could pause her work supporting black, Asian and minority ethnic
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Record ethnic minority students at Oxford
Oxford University’s latest admissions figures show the highest ever proportion of places for ethnic minority students – at 18%. There
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