Race and higher education inquiry launched

By Simon Baker. A cross-party group of MPs has launched an inquiry that will look at the black and minority ethnic community’s interaction with higher education.
Entitled Race and Higher Education, the inquiry will be organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community, which is chaired by former higher education minister David Lammy.
Among the issues that the inquiry will tackle will be access to higher education for students from BME communities and the “long and short-term value” of universities for such students. More...