Topic briefing
Last updated: 09 November 2021
Degree attainment: Black, Asian and minority ethnic students
Last updated: 09 November 2021
Resources
Reports
- OfS report summarising access and continuation data for full-time (or apprenticeship) UK-domiciled undergraduate entrants to English higher education providers between 2013-14 and 2018-19, split by ethnicity and provider tariff group. Continuation data is further split by subject group (STEM and non-STEM). (December 2020)
- Universities UK: Tackling racial harassment in higher education (November 2020)
This guidance gives recommendations to UK universities on how to address racial harassment and deliver long-term change in cultures and behaviours. - King's College London: Stuck in the middle: Asian students’ sense of belonging (March 2020)
A blog post presenting emerging themes from a project exploring why Asian students at King's College London report lower feelings of belonging than students from other ethnic groups. - Equality and Human Rights Commission: Tackling racial harassment: Universities challenged (October 2019)
This report presents the findings of an enquiry into racial harassment and includes recommendations for change. - Higher Education Policy Institute: The white elephant in the room (September 2019)
This report includes ideas for reducing racial inequalities in higher education. - Universities UK and National Union of Students: Black, Asian and minority ethnic student attainment: #ClosingTheGap (May 2019)
This report looks at how structural inequalities in UK universities have a significant impact on the ability of students to achieve and provides advice on what actions need to be taken. - Universities UK and National Union of Students: Black, Asian and minority ethnic student attainment at UK universities: case studies (May 2019)
These case studies from providers across the UK illustrate interventions to address the attainment gap. - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Socioeconomic, ethnic and gender differences in higher education participation (November 2015)
A report explaining the relationships between socioeconomic status, ethnicity and higher education participation and exploring what drives these relationships. - Office for Students: Continuation and transfer rates
Charts that can be used to explore continuation (excluding transfers), non-continuation and transfer rates in higher education by several student characteristics. - Office for Students: Coronavirus case studies: supporting black, Asian and minority ethnic students
How universities and colleges supported black, Asian and minority ethnic students during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Organisations
- Advance HE
Advance HE provide resources on equality and diversity considerations for academics and teaching staff as well as specific guidance on admissions, attainment and making adjustments. - Equality and Human Rights Commission
A statutory non-departmental public body established by the Equality Act 2006 with responsibility to encourage equality and diversity, eliminate unlawful discrimination and protect and promote the human rights of everyone in Britain. - Generating Genius
An organisation working to address the attainment gap for black, Asian and minority ethnic students within science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and the shortage of black professionals within many STEM industries. - Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO)
An independent ‘what works’ centre, TASO work with higher education providers to run research projects designed to establish effective approaches to addressing continuation and awarding gaps for black, Asian and minority ethnic students.
Published 27 July 2020
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