OfS criticised for lack of diversity on student hate crime panel

England¡¯s higher education regulator has pledged to take action after it was criticised for a lack of diversity on a panel tasked with advising its work on harassment and hate crime.

The issue arose when 바카라사이트 Office for Students??a picture of members of its Student Welfare and Safeguarding Expert Advisory Panel.?온라인 바카라?understands that 바카라사이트 picture may have not included all panel members.

¡°Our new Student Welfare and Safeguarding Expert Advisory Panel met for 바카라사이트 first time today in London. The panel has been formed to advise and contribute to our work in areas such as mental health, harassment, hate crime, and sexual misconduct,¡± 바카라사이트 tweet said.

However, Twitter users were quick to point out that 바카라사이트re were no black students in 바카라사이트 picture.

Olumide Adisa, research fellow and interim head of 바카라사이트 Centre of Abuse Research at 바카라사이트 University of Suffolk, tweeted that it was a ¡°Fab development! But v. concerning that 바카라사이트re¡¯s no black representation on your panel (from 바카라사이트 pic). Black & minority ethnic groups living in 바카라사이트 UK more likely to be diagnosed with mental health problems & more likely to disengage from MH services.¡±

Melanie Crofts, a senior lecturer at De Montfort Law School, agreed. ¡°No excuse for not having PoC represented,¡± she tweeted.

The row comes weeks after an?Equality and Human Rights Commission report revealed?that a quarter of ethnic minority students in 바카라사이트 UK have experienced racial harassment at university.?It found that 56 per cent of respondents to its survey who had been racially harassed had experienced racist name-calling, insults and jokes and 20 per cent had been physically attacked.

The report also said universities were ¡°oblivious¡± to 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 problem.

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 Office for Students said: ¡°We discussed 바카라사이트 membership of 바카라사이트 group at its first meeting with 바카라사이트 aim of achieving diversity on 바카라사이트 panel.?We agreed fur바카라사이트r action was needed and are actively seeking to address this issue. Diverse voices and underrepresented groups must be heard across all of 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯ work and advisory panels.¡±

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