NERUPI is running a series of online events for members this autumn on the BAME outcome gap. Scroll down for the booking form.

The attainment gap between students from different backgrounds has now been accepted as a real and urgent issue for the HE sector. However, strategies for addressing this remain underdeveloped and solutions are not straightforward. To better understand the BAME outcome gap and to support constructive work towards real solutions, these events will focus on the broader cultural issues within the academy which are at the heart of the outcome disparity for some BAME students and look at some examples of best practice in the sector.

These will be half-day events and run online.

Event 2 - 11 November 2020, 2:00-5:00 pm

Nona McDuff OBE (Solent University) followed by Dave Thomas ( University of Kent) will talk on curriculum change.

Download programme for this event: Nerupi Bame Outcomes 2 11 Nov2020 Prog

Suggested Pre-reading:

Improving equality of opportunity in higher education through the adoption of an Inclusive Curriculum Framework - Nona McDuff, Annie Hughes, John Tatam, Elizabeth Morrow & Fiona Ross, 2020

Closing the attainment gap for students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds through institutional change - Nona McDuff, John Tatam, Owen Beacock and Fiona Ross, 2018

Attempting to break the chain: reimaging inclusive pedagogy and decolonising the curriculum within the academy - Jason Arday, Dina Zoe Belluigi & Dave Thomas (2020)

Democracy, diversity and decolonisation: staff-student partnerships in a reading list review (AdvanceHE)

Towards decolonising the university: a kaleidoscope for empowered action - Dave S.P. Thomas and Suhraiya Jivraj, 2020

Download speaker biographies: NERUPI BAME Outcome Events 2020 Biographies

Event 3 - 3 December 2020, 2:00-5:00 pm

The third event is a panel discussion, an opportunity to debate the issues and start to identify constructive ways forward. Speakers from the previous events will be present at the panel discussion.

Event 1 took place on 14 October 2020 and presentations will be available to members in the Past Events section soon

Jason Arday (Durham University) provided the context with Berekhet Berakhy and Dorrie Chetty from University of Westminster adding insights on institutional change.

[You may also be interested in the Open University webinars: Avoid photocopying the past: Re-designing HEIs to reduce inequitable outcomes for BAME students]

To book for these NERUPI events, please complete and send the form below. You only need to complete one booking form whether attending one, two or all three of the events - please indicate on the form which days you wish to register for.

NERUPI BAME Outcomes Event 2 Programme