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
• Insights into the recent joint funding competition designed to improve access and participation for Black, Asian and minority ethnic students in postgraduate research study

• 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.

Day 1 of the Conference concludes at 1pm.

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.

• Delivering a whole-community approach to anti-racism
• Going beyond the conventional narrative of “White Ally” in tackling institutional racism
• Considering personal behaviours, beliefs and biases and how we all do better to be anti-racist
• Tackling structural racism and individual racism together in the higher education sector

• 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

Bridging the Gap to Leadership is a collaborative project between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Brighton. This case study will:

• Explore the importance of collaborative working between students, staff and placement providers to help improve the outcomes and enhance the placement experience of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Mixed heritage students
• Acknowledge the need for a whole institutional approach that includes placement providers to addressing racial inequalities in Higher Education and developing a culture for sustainable and transformational change including instigating positive change in our future workforce
• Explore the student voice and the need to address racial bias within practice placements
• Recognise the need to build networks that foster a sense of belonging and the importance of allyship within practice placement

Day 2 of the Conference concludes at 1pm

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.