See My FACE
February 24
New study in progress: See My Academic FACE sponsored by Kingston School of Art. Read more here
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November 2021.
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Findings reveal daily psychological and educational trauma for minoritised learners in higher education to show these students are twice as likely as white students to strongly disagree that they are taught by a diverse and inclusive teaching body.
There was also and 11.6 percentage point deficit gap presented by minoritised students in response to whether they experienced a diverse, unbiased and inclusive curriculum.
Sampling from over over 50 institutions nationwide to feature 881 student voices: minoritised and non-minoritised, found significant discrepancies in educational experience pertaining to race, which emerge only when race aware and race equality questions are asked.
When asked to comment on how race had affected ability to study, four main themes emerged:
How we experience our race
My knowledge has been curated through a white lens.
The absence of Black and Brown academics.
Aggression – the observed behaviours of white teachers and students.
The case for institutional cultural competency as a remedial imperative as well as race equality and race aware questions to be added within the National Student Survey, is underlined by us in our report: Teaching excellence policy must not remain race blind here.
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