Supporting BAME Students throughout Higher Education

• Understanding the lived experience of BAME students in higher education and the reality of discrimination
• What does tangible action look like on inclusivity, cultural preservation and racial equality?
• Assessing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the BAME attainment and awarding gap and how the gap can be addressed

• Examining what works in delivering a high impact whole-provider approach to tackling the BAME awarding gap
• Assessing the OfS regulatory approach in monitoring equality gaps and exploring effective interventions in tackling attainment disparities
• Evaluating the gap across the student journey from access to student success and from degree classifications to employment outcomes
• Outlining the Office for Students approach on harassment and discrimination and what providers can expect from its Statement of Expectations

• Examining approaches to representation, diverse recruitment and the development of an inclusive environment for working and studying
• Evaluating what an effective racial equality action plan looks like and how institutions can develop a roadmap for change
• Assessing how the sector should approach review of curricula and teaching pedagogy to ensure universal approaches to learning
• Analysing how action can be delivered from a whole provider approach and the role of effective use of evidence, data and the harnessing of student co-production

In these in-depth walk-through sessions you will be able to examine approaches to inclusion throughout the student lifecycle and assess what it means to deliver real action for BAME students at the ground-level.

These sessions will assess practical interventions for HE leaders, teaching staff and student support services, as well as sharing practical ideas for implementation within your own context. You will have the opportunity to share your ideas and assess your action points alongside peers.

You will be able to choose 2 of 3 sessions to take part in.

Day 1 of the Conference concludes at 1:20pm.

You will still have the opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.

What does it take to deliver an anti-racist approach in higher education leadership? How can institutions go beyond strategies and planning to deliver real change? How can an effective leadership structure tackle racial injustice at all levels?

This session will dissect what equality, diversity and inclusion means in higher education sector, the weaknesses the sector is experiencing in delivering change and what constitutes an effective leadership framework in tackling injustice for BAME students and staff.

This session will assess what it means to be a white ally and how white staff and students can support racial equality in their institution. This thought-provoking session will ask:

• How can we talk openly and respectfully about racism and racial injustice?
• What does it mean to be a ‘work in progress’ in recognising unconscious bias and embarking on a journey of understanding?
• How can we actively support BAME students and staff in the push towards equality?

• Assessing the steps being taken across the higher education sector to tackle racial violence and discrimination following the Black Lives Matters movement in 2020
• Evaluating how institutions are identifying, investigating and reporting incidents of racial harassment and considering how practices are changing
• Exploring the long term cultural changes on racial discrimination and how whole-university approaches can be designed to go beyond policy design
• Improving racial literacy and delivering real transformation on microaggressions, unconscious bias and institutional racism

In these practical and interactive workshops you will be able to explore some core challenges around student service provision and assess what high quality interventions look like for BAME students.

These sessions will go beyond just how student service leaders can respond and consider how the whole university community can work to support BAME students and staff.

In these workshops you will have the opportunity to discuss and share ideas with peers from across the sector.

Day 2 of the Conference concludes at 1:10pm

You will still have the opportunity to make the most of the virtual Conference, meet up with fellow delegates, make connections and tour our real-time resources and content.

Don’t forget if you’ve missed a session, you can use our replay functions, so you can watch all the content on demand at a time that suits you.