BAME in STEM: Do I belong?

In this seminar, Dr Wayne Mitchell will highlight the experiences of BAME students at Imperial and make suggestions of remedial steps for improving black British students’ sense of belonging, identity and inclusion within the academic space.

About the speaker

Dr Wayne Mitchell is Senior Teaching Fellow and Senior Tutor in the Department of Immunology and Inflammation at Imperial College London.

Having graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Biomedical Science, he completed a PhD at University College London in Molecular Genetics, before undertaking Postdoctoral positions in Cancer Biology and Immunology. He has always been interested in what makes students learn and has taught at all levels of the British Education system. He is currently pursuing a Master in Education at Imperial College focusing on the experiences of Black British students at elite universities and how their ‘minority status’ impacts on their sense of belonging and identity.

Dr Mitchell’s passion and flexible working approach have had a positive impact on many students’ academic and personal experience, as well as other staff. In 2018, he was the recipient of the President’s Medal for Excellence in Supporting the Student Experience. He joined Imperial College’s Race Equality Charter-Self Assessment Team in 2019 to help understand the impact that being a member of a minoritized groups at Imperial College has on their sense of belonging and identity as a BME student. What are the lived experiences of the students, what is currently being done and what more needs to be done to maximise all our student’s potential?

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