Shocking results from the Access & Participation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities in UK Postgraduate Research – Policy Briefing UK CGE
The proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students enrolled in UK H.E. in 2018/19 dropped from 24.81% at undergraduate level to 18.07% at postgraduate research level (excluding enrolments where ethnicity is unknown).
Between 2016/17 – 2018/19 there was an average growth of 0.13% in the proportion of BAME PGRs. At that rate of growth, it would take 51.8 years for BAME participation in postgraduate research to reach the equivalent proportion at undergraduate level.
In 2018/19, 48.19% of BAME PGRs received no award or financial backing for their tuition fees, as compared with 32.66% of White PGRs.
Also released recently, an article in New Scientist which argues that many BAME scientists continue to face forms of institutional racism.
And diversity data from UKRI research council relating to research awards was also released.
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