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Black and Minority Ethnic ( BME ) student and staff in contemporary British Geography
Author(s) -
Desai Vandana
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12372
Subject(s) - ethnic group , diversity (politics) , sociology , gender studies , geography , anthropology
This commentary examines the profile of Black and Minority Ethnic ( BME ) students and staff in contemporary UK geography. National data from HESA and other studies on ethnicity in academia are used to provide an overview of diversity and equality issues affecting UK ‐based geography departments. The findings from the data analysis highlight the predominant ‘whiteness’ of the discipline when compared with the number of BME student and staff, in turn raising troubling equality and diversity issues.