Research Projects
Race, Equality, Higher Education,
Implementation & Evaluation of the Race Equality Charter
This research confronts the highly nuanced landscape of higher education and evaluates the implementation of the Advance HE Race Equality Charter in a British University. It uses a Social Psychology approach to investigate the incumbent inequalities in Higher Education, engage existing change management literature, and present evidence-based recommendations.
Research Aims:
1) Explore the practicalities of the implementation process
2) Investigate the inherent challenges and resistance to this work
3) Evaluate the charter’s impact on Institutional culture and attitudes towards Race Equality
Race, Equality, Health Care
The influence of Racism on Black Women’s Perspectives of the British Health Care System
Employing the Minority Stress Model (Meyer, 2003) and the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Theory (Carter, 2007), this study explores how experiences of ‘everyday-racism’ and severe racial trauma influences how Black Women in the UK perceive the British Health Care System. It considers the existing experiential and outcome inequalities for black people who engage with the British Health Care system and aims to identify recommendations that can be implemented by Health Care practitioners to better serve the Black Community.
Research Aims
1) Investigate whether, due to experiences of racial discrimination, Black women carry preconceived negative perceptions when engaging with the British Health Care system
2) Develop evidence-based recommendations to improve the experiences of Black people when engaging with the British Health Care System
Contributors:
Banks. A., McNeill. A
Research, Race, Higher Education
Negating the Emotional Toll for Researchers of Colour
Evidence on the mental health of ethnic minority researchers in Higher Education (HE) in the UK suggests they face ‘specific’ challenges that go unaddressed and unsupported within an HE environment. This research focuses on the reflections of ethnic minority researchers on the negative emotional toll involved in undertaking research within a racial dynamic. By employing a qualitative approach and engaging in semi-structured interviews, it explores the hypothesis that ethnic minority staff must carve out ‘safe spaces’ in which they find empathy and support from other academics of colour (Bhopal, 2022)
Contributors:
Davis. S., Yafele. A., Haughton. C., Banks. A., Okeke. R.