University will introduce ‘race awareness’ training for staff, among other measures. More...
25 août 2019
25 août 2019
Black student group criticizes Harvard Law School after anonymous messages
Harvard Black Law Students Association says school, which failed to determine who sent offensive emails and texts, ‘woefully failed to act’. More...
25 août 2019
‘It’s 70 years since Windrush and we’re still fighting for top jobs’: the programme backing BME nurses
NHS staff from BME backgrounds are more likely to face discrimination and bullying, and less likely to land senior roles. More...
25 août 2019
Racism in UK universities is blocking BAME academics from the top
Universities must be upfront about institutional racism to become fairer places for black, Asian and minority ethnic staff. More...
25 août 2019
The lawyer who wants more academics to ‘come out’ as working class
The founder of the Association of Working Class Academics is fighting for class to be recognised in equality law as well as race and gender. More...
25 août 2019
Casual racism is a fact of life for international students – they deserve better
As a British-Chinese person attending Sheffield University, I found that they aren’t just unvalued, they’re the butt of the joke. More...
25 août 2019
No wonder UK universities are failing on racism – most don’t value diversity at all
Black and minority ethnic academics still face barriers – but find themselves treated as the problem if they point out racism. More...
25 août 2019
La mujer en la universidad: un grupo históricamente discriminado
Las medidas de acción positivas para fomentar la presencia de mujeres en los órganos de decisión de las instituciones universitarias suscitan debate sobre si son o no justificadas.
Según la Real Academia Española de la Lengua la definición de discriminación positiva es la siguiente: “Protección de carácter extraordinario que se da a un grupo históricamente discriminado, especialmente por razón de sexo, raza, lengua o religión, para lograr su plena integración social”.
¿Qué ocurre con otros grupos discriminados?
Bien. Pensemos ahora en un grupo históricamente discriminado. Por ejemplo, el colectivo de personas con discapacidad. Las dificultades para su integración laboral en el mercado de trabajo justificaron la reserva obligatoria de puestos en la empresa pública y privada para favorecer su acceso al empleo y, por ende, su inclusión social. More...
24 août 2019
The Supreme Court decision that kept suburban schools segregated
America recently marked the 65-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education – a landmark case intended to abolish the “separate-but-equal” doctrine of racial segregation in schools. More...24 août 2019
Boost in high school students taking advanced computer science could change the face of tech
Often when I speak with students who are majoring in computer sciences, many of them tell me that they have never taken a computer science course until college. This is especially true for the female, black, and Latino students I’ve spoken with as a computer science professor. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)