Black female professor feels role models ‘required’ for BME students

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Universities confront ‘horrifying’ figures on BME promotion

With the latest data showing that just 17 professors in the UK are black women, two explain how a new award will help more ethnic minority staff thrive

By Jack Grove

25 January

Feminism is ‘white’ academic concept for some BME researchers

Academics tell Heriot-Watt University researcher they felt they ‘couldn’t be feminist and black’

By John Elmes

7 August

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

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

By Chris Havergal

14 July

Expectations placed on BME students 'may explain lower results'

Kent study says intense pressure on undergraduates to succeed may be damaging

By Chris Havergal

4 July

Black female professor feels role models ‘required’ for BME students

Bugewa Apampa becomes one of just 18 black women with UK professorships

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Black female professor feels role models ‘required’ for BME students

Bugewa Apampa becomes one of just 18 black women with UK professorships

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Related articles

Universities confront ‘horrifying’ figures on BME promotion

Feminism is ‘white’ academic concept for some BME researchers

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

Expectations placed on BME students 'may explain lower results'

Related universities

University of Greenwich

University of Kent

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