The universities minister has criticised UK higher education institutions for their failure to recruit and promote black and minority ethnic academics, after figures showed that no black staff were employed at the most senior levels. The Hesa employment statistics are rounded to the nearest five, meaning that one or two black senior staff would be rounded down to nil. Hesa’s workforce figures showed that 16% of the total UK academic staff identified as black. “It is unacceptable that the number of black academic staff in senior positions has fallen, as this does not represent our British society,” Skidmore said. The Department for Education also published data on student employment outcomes, looking at regional influences on a graduate’s pay.

Source: The Guardian January 23, 2020 17:23 UTC