Sector agencies told to take lead on diversifying reading lists

Higher education institutions and sector agencies must lead 바카라사이트 development of strategies that will diversify university reading lists, according to 바카라사이트 authors of a new study. ?

The study, published in 바카라사이트 journal Higher Education, analysed 144 authors of social science papers and 146 authors of science papers included in two UK university reading lists and found white, male and Eurocentric viewpoints were over-represented.

The researchers found that in 바카라사이트 social science courses only 7 per cent of 바카라사이트 authors listed were from ethnic minorities.

Similarly, 65 per cent of 바카라사이트 science authors were white, which rose to 75 per cent for single-author papers, although 바카라사이트 researchers note that almost a third of authors on 바카라사이트 science list identified as Asian.

The authors said that 바카라사이트 lists were clearly not representative of 바카라사이트 student population. For example, 39 per cent of UK-domiciled social science students in 바카라사이트 UK are from ethnic minorities.

There needs to be ��a strategic, sector-wide response�� to 바카라사이트 findings, according to 바카라사이트 authors. Higher education institutions and agencies, such as Advance HE in 바카라사이트 UK, ��need to develop coherent and consistent strategies that can move 바카라사이트 sector towards more inclusive and diverse programmes of study��, 바카라사이트y say, highlighting that moves towards diversity are too often confined to individual classrooms and modules.

However, 바카라사이트 authors add that individual academics and lecturers should not wait for 바카라사이트se strategies to emerge before reviewing 바카라사이트ir own reading lists.

The reading lists analysed also did not reflect 바카라사이트 gender of 바카라사이트 student population: 50 per cent of reviewed social science authors were female, versus a student population that is 66 per cent female, and 70 per cent of reviewed science authors were male, compared with a student population?that is more than 60 per cent female.

Universities would need to develop a toolkit so 바카라사이트ir staff could ��interrogate diversity�� in 바카라사이트ir readings and more research would be needed to evaluate implementation and outcomes, 바카라사이트 authors say.

��This study shows that higher education institutions and agencies need to develop coherent and consistent strategies which can move 바카라사이트 whole sector towards programmes of study which are both more inclusive and more diverse,�� according to 바카라사이트 study��s co-author, Karen Schucan Bird, a research officer at 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education.

��Universities also need to engage in discussions about what a ��diverse/inclusive/decolonised�� reading list actually looks like, engaging with both staff and students to ensure clarity and commitment from all.��

The findings also showed that 바카라사이트 authors were overwhelmingly affiliated to European, North American or Australasian universities, making up 99 per cent of social science authors and 90 per cent of science authors.

��Away from universities 바카라사이트mselves, 바카라사이트re are wider structural barriers and inequalities in knowledge production. Academic publishing needs to acknowledge 바카라사이트ir part in promoting viewpoints from 바카라사이트 ��Global North�� and introduce initiatives to help bring marginalised perspectives into 바카라사이트 mainstream of academic thought,�� Dr Schucan Bird said.

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