6th Black Minority and Ethnic Early Career Researcher Hybrid conference

How to Stay in Academia – Theme Making the Invisible Visible

By University of West London

Date and time

Thu, 7 Jul 2022 09:00 - 18:00 GMT+1

Location

University of West London

St Mary's Road Ealing London W5 5RF United Kingdom

About this event

The underrepresentation of Black and Minority Ethnic staff in academia is noticeable as the student body is not reflected in the staff teaching them. Disparities in outcomes occur across the academic journey as observed in degree-awarding gaps for BME students and the underrepresentation of BME academics in senior roles. For example, currently, there are 22,795 University professors in the UK, from those 6,340 are women and from those only 40 are Black women.

This conference is making waves, numbers are increasing, slowly but surely, but there is however still a long way to go. By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to hear how BME academics have navigated their journey, network, get a mentor and empower yourself through the workshops.

This is what a previous attendee had to say:

“To be in a space with that many black academics was the most empowering experience of my career so far. To hear their journeys and obtain direct advice felt like a personal and professional levelling up of my skills and knowledge, and to have that for free was such a privilege”

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