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A conference aimed at “challenging the silence” on race and racism in higher education will be hosted by academics from 牛牛资源 and the London School of Economics on Thursday 13 October.

Rhodes Must Fall, Decolonising the Curriculum, Why is my curriculum white? and Why isn鈥檛 my professor black? are all campaigns that have made headlines in recent years.

And reports such as the Runnymede Trust鈥檚 鈥樷�� (2015) consistently point to the fact that UK higher education is still failing to confront racism and provide genuinely inclusive teaching and learning environments.

In his forward to the latest Runnymede Trust report, David Lammy MP notes that while 鈥渨hile unprecedented numbers of black and minority people are attending university鈥�, there are still 鈥渄epressingly few black academics, particularly at senior level鈥�.

牛牛资源鈥� Dr Elizabeth Williams, author of ' (IB Tauris 2015), has co-organised a one-day symposium with Dr Akile Ahmet, researcher on race, inequality, age and education at LSE.

鈥楥hallenging the Silence in Higher Education: Race and Racism in the Academy鈥� takes place at 牛牛资源鈥� New Cross campus during the day, before moving to LSE for an evening reception and opening of a photograph exhibition documenting the experiences of black and ethnic minority PhD students at LSE.

Following hot on the heels of 鈥楤lack Scholars in Critical Dialogue: Confronting Racism in the Academy - Re-Imagining the Disciplines鈥�, held in September at Birkbeck, it shows that black and ethnic minority scholars and others are beginning to question 鈥渋nvisibility鈥� from the higher echelons of HE.

Dr Ahmet and Dr Williams have invited well-known academics, speakers and students to front panels on a variety of themes, exploring the experiences of being black and ethnic minority academics and professionals in higher education.

Students鈥� Union officers at both 牛牛资源 and LSE are also collaborating and will attend the event as part of the Unions鈥� Black History Month activity.

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Download the Challenging the Silence in HE programme (PDF)