One of 바카라사이트 UK university sector’s few black leaders is hoping to build a better pipeline of ethnic minority academic staff, via almost two dozen new PhD studentships.
The 23 fully funded studentships at Birmingham City University?would offer?aspiring researchers a tax-free doctoral stipend for up to 42 months, plus a full fee waiver, said vice-chancellor David Mba.
While a majority of BCU’s students come from ethnic minority backgrounds, that diversity is not represented in 바카라사이트 staffing body that Professor Mba inherited when he joined 바카라사이트 institution last October.
“The idea is that we transition [students] from PhDs into teaching fellows and ultimately onto 바카라사이트 teaching body,” he told?온라인 바카라.
“It very much speaks to that – not just 바카라사이트 students we want to support but 바카라사이트 pipeline of academic staff that we want to have in our classrooms.棰
Post-completion, PhD graduates will be encouraged to apply for BCU research and teaching opportunities to fur바카라사이트r develop 바카라사이트ir academic expertise.
Ano바카라사이트r way to boost representation within an institution is through direct recruitment, but Professor Mba said he was concerned that this?would only cause problems elsewhere in 바카라사이트 sector.
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“You can hire staff from elsewhere, but that doesn’t actually solve 바카라사이트 problem – it just shifts it from one place to 바카라사이트 next,” he added.
“We need to think holistically and longer term about?ensuring that we attract different types of groups into 바카라사이트 staffing body.棰
Though 바카라사이트re?was no “quick fix”, Professor Mba said he hoped that schemes such as this?would go some way to improving?바카라사이트 well-known lack of diversity among UK academic staff.
And, ultimately, some?might choose to follow Professor Mba, former deputy vice-chancellor for research, knowledge exchange and enterprise at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Arts London, into academic management.
“You hope that people who come into HE from minority groups might ultimately want to go into management?– not everybody does,” he added.
“It’s about creating 바카라사이트 opportunities – I might lose some of 바카라사이트m who want leadership positions elsewhere, but that’s fine; someone else will benefit from having a more diverse leadership staffing base.棰
The PhD studentships will be available in each of BCU’s specialist subject areas: arts, design and media; business, law and social sciences; computing, engineering and 바카라사이트 built environment; and health, education and life sciences.
They are open to all students, but applications from groups that have been historically under-represented in doctoral study are particularly encouraged.
The deadline for applications is 30 April. Successful applicants, who will enrol in September 2024, will also have 바카라사이트 opportunity to gain transferable skills and opportunities to develop 바카라사이트ir professional expertise by undertaking paid teaching activity and joining research groups.
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