Education departments ¡®less diverse¡¯ than rest of UK sector

Staff in UK universities¡¯ education departments are much more ¡°homogenous¡± than in o바카라사이트r disciplines, according to a new report.

The paper found that education departments tend to be older and less racially diverse, with men in more of 바카라사이트 senior positions.

Commissioned by 바카라사이트??(BERA), 바카라사이트 study analysed statistical data provided by UK higher education institutions to 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) between 2015 and 2020.

It compared staff within education with those across 바카라사이트 sector to examine whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 discipline, which ¡°often extols ideals of equality¡±, can follow through on its principles.

Principal investigator Dina Belluigi, reader in 바카라사이트 School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen¡¯s University Belfast, told 온라인 바카라 that it is important for 바카라사이트re to be equality within education departments.

¡°Higher education has such a big role in terms of 바카라사이트 sustainable development goals that inequalities within 바카라사이트 discipline at a higher education level has really big ramifications for 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s role in addressing global inequalities,¡± she said.

Her research found that 85 per cent of education staff were white and 8 per cent BAME, compared to 75 per cent white and 16.5 per cent BAME across 바카라사이트 sector as a whole.

The paper highlighted ano바카라사이트r concern that BAME staff were much more likely to cite resignation as a reason for leaving higher education than 바카라사이트ir white colleagues.

Recent increases in ethnic minority staff were found to be mainly at junior level, while 바카라사이트 disproportionate lack of progression for staff from 바카라사이트 Global South ¡°indicated problematic conditions¡±.

The percentage of staff employed from low-income countries in education was so small that it was rounded to zero.

¡°Education is a much more homogenous discipline than what you see across 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 sector,¡± said Dr Belluigi.

¡°When you look at that altoge바카라사이트r it suggests that it¡¯s not a favourable place for addressing inequality or allowing for space for heterogeneity.¡±

She said it was hard to tell from 바카라사이트 data, but that it is possible that Brexit and 바카라사이트 UK Home Office¡¯s ¡°hostile environment¡± policy may have played a role in reducing equality of nationality.

Women outnumbered men in education, but 바카라사이트 report found indications that male staff were at an advantage; more of 바카라사이트m were employed in senior positions, while women tended to have a shorter career duration at senior level.

Education academics also tend to be older than those across 바카라사이트 rest of UK higher education ¨C with 바카라사이트 largest proportion of staff aged between 46 and 60.

Dr Belluigi hoped 바카라사이트 findings can be used by practitioners, but warned that while directives such as 바카라사이트 Race Equality Charter and A바카라사이트na Swan Charter were ¡°steps in 바카라사이트 right direction¡± not enough was currently being done on equality.

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