BME students more likely to do master’s, but not research

Black and ethnic minorities still have mountains to climb in higher education

More BME staff have been entering the UK academy but they remain under-represented at the top. What is being done about it?

By Jack Grove

5 November

Finance is barrier to postgraduate study, Hefce study confirms

Worries about funding do deter final-year undergraduates from progressing to postgraduate study, according a new analysis

By Holly Else

17 December

Network to help end ‘isolation’ of black PhD students

National group would be the UK’s first to target help for minority ethnic doctoral students

By Holly Else

27 March

Postgraduate diversity "not good enough", figures show

Fewer than ten graduates each from Black Caribbean and Bangladeshi minority groups make the transition to a research degree each academic year, a study has found.

By Elizabeth Gibney

27 April

BME students more likely to do master’s, but not research

Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce

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BME students more likely to do master’s, but not research

Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce

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Finance is barrier to postgraduate study, Hefce study confirms

Network to help end ‘isolation’ of black PhD students

Postgraduate diversity "not good enough", figures show

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