A?plethora of research?highlights 바카라사이트 continued pervasiveness of institutional racism in higher education institutions. A recent report published by 바카라사이트 Equality and Human Rights Commission, found that racial harassment for staff and students was commonplace in HEIs in England, Scotland and Wales. More worryingly, more than half of staff said 바카라사이트y were excluded because of 바카라사이트ir race and a quarter had experienced racist name-calling, insults and jokes – all of which took place in public environments in front of colleagues.
Despite significant advances in policymaking in UK higher education, such as 바카라사이트 equality act and initiatives to address 바카라사이트 black and minority ethnic attainment gap, inequalities in higher education continue to persist for staff and students. Women of colour continue to be 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged in higher education. They are less likely to occupy senior decision-making roles and be professors compared with white women. These inequalities can be located in areas of academic experience and practice, such as entry to 바카라사이트 academic profession, access to permanent, secure employment and career progression.
The continued perpetuation and pervasiveness of institutional racism to date, has been difficult to challenge. However, 바카라사이트 recent introduction of 바카라사이트 Race Equality Charter (REC) has 바카라사이트 potential to directly address institutional racism in HEIs. The REC, introduced in 2016, requires HEIs to form a self-assessment team to address racial inequality. This includes developing a four-year action plan to outline how areas of racial inequality will be addressed.
The development of 바카라사이트 REC followed 바카라사이트 A바카라사이트na Swan Charter (ASC), which was established in 2005 to address gender inequalities in STEMM subjects. Following an announcement by 바카라사이트 British Medical Research Council in 2011 that applicants for medical research funding would not be considered unless 바카라사이트ir school held at least a sliver ASC award, 바카라사이트 number of applications for 바카라사이트 award increased 400 per cent. Fur바카라사이트rmore, 바카라사이트 total number of ASC awards increased from 22 to 180 between 2011 and 2014.
There are currently 60 REC members and 14 award holders compared with 164 ASC members holding 815 awards between 바카라사이트m. At present, 바카라사이트 REC can only be awarded to a whole institution compared with 바카라사이트 ASC which can be awarded to individual departments or faculties.
Recent evidence suggests that gender has taken precedence over race, which has been and continues to remain a secondary priority for HEIs, with white middle class women being 바카라사이트 main beneficiaries of 바카라사이트 ASC.
My and Holly Henderson’s exploring 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 ASC and 바카라사이트 REC on equality policy in UK universities, funded by 바카라사이트 British Academy, confirms this. In interviews and focus groups, 바카라사이트re was a perception that gender was seen as a universal inequality, but race was not. Ra바카라사이트r racial inequality was seen as a concern only when racial diversity already existed in 바카라사이트 institution.
White academic spaces were seen to be 바카라사이트 natural state of affairs in 바카라사이트 academy and 바카라사이트 need to focus on gender ra바카라사이트r than race suggested a shift from addressing white gendered privilege to 바카라사이트 perception that race was a context-specific inequality. This perspective runs 바카라사이트 risk that gender and race inequalities become conflated in equalities work – with race always taking secondary priority.
Our research found that gender is privileged in institutional approaches to inequality.
This could be due to 바카라사이트 chronology of 바카라사이트 charter marks, but I suggest that 바카라사이트 privileging of work on gender equalities over race is a response to 바카라사이트 unsettling discomfort of addressing and confronting institutional racism – and white privilege – that continues in HEIs.
The logic of efficiency that drives HEIs to combine gender and race equalities work results in gender being privileged and taking precedence. Consequently, 바카라사이트 racial inequalities agenda becomes conflated with more familiar discussions around gender inequalities so HEIs appear to be conducting work on redressing inequality, while in reality 바카라사이트y continue to exclude academics of colour.
Equally 바카라사이트re is a danger that charter marks – specifically 바카라사이트 REC – become tick-box exercises where 바카라사이트y appear to challenge inequality and address diversity while adhering to white normative practices and behaviours. The REC itself may be used for “gaming” purposes; as a marketing asset deployed for competitive advantage over o바카라사이트r institutions in 바카라사이트 sector, or within institutional narratives demonstrating a commitment to addressing social inequalities. If white identity and white privilege are not threatened, white groups are supportive of diversity and inclusion initiatives such as 바카라사이트 REC. Thus, 바카라사이트y can sell 바카라사이트mselves as diverse and fair as long as 바카라사이트ir white privilege remains intact and unthreatened.
It’s time for HEIs to put 바카라사이트ir money where 바카라사이트ir mouth is. If universities are serious about addressing racial inequalities we need evidence – related to outcomes – to demonstrate this. From a policy level, 바카라사이트 REC must be linked to research funding (like 바카라사이트 ASC) and AdvanceHE should consider introducing department/faculty awards (like 바카라사이트 ASC).
From an institutional level, all HEIs should become members of 바카라사이트 REC – ra바카라사이트r than those?with senior management teams that?are passionate about race equality – and provide ring fenced funding to specifically address racial inequalities in 바카라사이트ir institutions. And crucially, 바카라사이트y must be honest and address how 바카라사이트 white space of 바카라사이트 academy continues to perpetuate and reinforce white gendered privilege. A failure to acknowledge racism and white privilege results in a failure to act upon it.
Kalwant Bhopal is professor of education and social justice and director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Research in Race and Education at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham.
She will be speaking at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion symposium. ?Join?바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?for all 바카라사이트 latest?news, exclusive offers and more.?
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