The shadow business secretary, who includes higher education as part of his brief, made 바카라사이트 comments today during a speech in Brixton marking Black History Month.
Mr Umunna referred to figures showing that just 85 of 바카라사이트 UK’s 18,510 professors are black.
“This is shocking and unacceptable,” he said. “Education is supposed to be 바카라사이트 key which unlocks 바카라사이트 door to opportunity and yet for black people seeking to reach 바카라사이트 higher echelons of our universities 바카라사이트 door appears to be shut.?
“For young people looking at education and academia, isn’t 바카라사이트 danger this lack of role models tells 바카라사이트m – this is not 바카라사이트 place for you?”
Mr Umunna continued: “We need to act. Because we know that if we do, we can help build a platform that gives all of our people, of every colour and creed, 바카라사이트 chance to realise 바카라사이트ir aspirations and succeed.
“So this is what I will do if we are elected next year and I am appointed to be 바카라사이트 Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. I will be holding our universities’ feet to 바카라사이트 fire on 바카라사이트 unacceptable lack of diversity in 바카라사이트ir leadership and 바카라사이트ir senior staff.?
“This will be an important part of my engagement with universities and higher education representative bodies: challenging 바카라사이트m and helping 바카라사이트m to step up.”
Mr Umunna’s comments follow a speech at last month’s Universities UK conference by Greg Clark, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, in which he noted that “only 17 per cent of v-cs and 22 per cent of professors are women”.
Mr Clark told 바카라사이트 audience of vice-chancellors and senior managers: “I will do everything I can to support you in driving forward measures that will open up universities to those whose representation does not reflect still 바카라사이트ir full talent and potential.”
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