Supporting BAME student success conference 2021: registration open
13 April 2021
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø staff and students can now register to attend a free, one-day BAME Awarding Gap conference on 9 June, 2021.
BAME conference outline announced
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Black, Asian and minority Ethnic (BAME) Awarding Gap Project will hold a one-day conference for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø staff and students on the theme ofÌý‘Closing the BAME Awarding Gap at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø: our journey so far'.
The conference will take place via ZoomÌýon Wednesday, 9 June 2021 and will begin with a welcome from President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence at 9:45am.
The full conference programmeÌýis being finalised but the draft schedule is outlined below.
Time | Session |
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9.45-10.15 | Welcome and Introduction by theÌýProvost Dr Michael Spence, and the Students' Union |
10.15-10.45 | Ìý(Director for Fair Access and Participation)Talk and Q&A |
10.45 -11.00Ìý | Short Break |
11.00-11.50 | Ìý(Professor of Race, Faith and Culture at Goldsmiths, UoL, Professor Emerita in Equalities Studies at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, and Visiting Professor in Social Policy at LSE) Talk and Q&A |
11.50-12.30 | BAME Awarding Gap Project Update by Dr Julie Evans, Dr Parama Chaudhury, Sukhi Bath and Mahalia Davis |
12.30-1.30 | Lunch Break |
1.30-3.30 | Parallel Presentations from Staff and Students |
3.30-3.45 | Short Break |
3.45-4.15 | Q&A panel Chaired byÌýÌý(Pro-Vice Provost - Africa and The Middle East) |
4.15-4.30 | Closing byÌý(Vice-Provost, Education and Student Experience) |
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø BAME Awarding Gap Project
The Supporting BAME student success conference is part of a three-year project to address the disparities in outcomes and experience of undergraduate Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and white students at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø.
Analysis of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø data shows that there is a small but statistically significant discrepancy in the rate of good degrees achieved by Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) students compared with white students, despite entering Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø with the same high entry qualifications.
While Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø students, whether white or BAME, tend to perform well above national benchmarks, this discrepancy, known as an awarding gap, has persisted for the past few years.
A BAME Awarding Gap project team has been tasked with addressing the issue. Dr Julie Evans, Faculty Tutor in Brain Sciences, has undertaken part-time secondment to work alongside Paulette Williams, Head of Student Success Projects in the Office of the Vice-Provost (Education and Students).
The team is working with Deans and faculty leads to analyse faculty-specific data and introduce a toolkit of interventions to close the awarding gap.
The outcomes of this project will also feed into the broader initiative preparing Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s application to renew our Race Charter status.