Race equality in academia: time to establish black studies in the UK?

By Deborah Gabriel. With just 85 black professors in the UK, Deborah Gabriel says we need a more diverse curriculum for real change. If the same vigour and commitment that drive gender equality in higher education were directed towards race equality then better progress could be made in addressing the institutionalised racism that pervades the higher education sector. While women now account for 44% of all academics within UK universities (2011/12 HESA Staff Record), the percentage of black academics (combining black Caribbean, black African and black other) stands at 1.6%. Read more...