The black professoriate: assessing the landscape within British higher education

Arday, J. (2022) The black professoriate: assessing the landscape within British higher education. On Education, 5(13), (doi: 10.17899/on_ed.2022.13.4)

Abstract

The paucity of Black higher education professors within the United Kingdom (UK) illuminates the systemic inequity of the higher education system within Britain. The dearth of Black Professors within the professoriate in UK Higher Education (HE) is reflective of the racially discriminatory landscape. This paper offers a succinct synthesis of recent evidence in relation to assessing how the Academy systemically marginalizes Black academics from the professoriate in the UK. This paper highlights the need for the sector to mobilize greater opportunities for Black academics to progress throughout the Academy to the professoriate, in addition to challenging the sector and HE policy-makers to play more of a pivotal role in advancing ethnic equality in UK universities.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Higher education, mental health, professoriate, race, racism.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Arday, Professor Jason
• Authors: Arday, J.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Journal Name: On Education
• Publisher: On Education
• ISSN: 2571-7855
• ISSN (Online): 2571-7855
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Author
• First Published: First published in On Education 5(13)
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License