Ethnicity and Education in England and Europe

Law, Ian; Swann, Sarah

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“…The suggested reasons for increased participation particularly by students from an ethnically diverse background are twofold: one, the idea that qualifications have more value to these groups because it allows them to progress economically (Law & Swann 2016); and two, that such students are given a stronger 'push' to attend university and gain further qualifications by their families (Connor et al 2004: 17). If it is true that such high value is placed on education, then we would expect to see more senior and professorial ethnically diverse academics moving up the academic ladder.…”

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The Colour of Shame: The Lack of Ethnically Diverse University Senior Academics and Professors – Can, and Should We, Expect the Law to Provide Equality?

Bourne

2024

The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law

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The UK’s university sector has a reputation for excellence, which enables it to attract some of the world’s finest academics and students; its system is steeped in a rich history and almost 1,000 years of tradition. At the heart of university culture lies the pursuit of objective inquiry and transformative education. Universities need diversity of thought, which can only be achieved by a diversity of academics. It appears that academics in universities are ethnically diverse, as statistics evidence that, save for black academics, almost all other ethnic groups are well represented at a ‘junior’ academic level when compared to the general population. However, these figures are inconsistent with the disproportionate numbers of ethnically diverse students entering university when compared to white students, and meaningless in light of the statistics that show 88% of university professors, and 86% of senior academics, are white. These statistics matter, professors and senior academics are the people who lead universities and who are ultimately responsible for the management, education, curriculum design and research direction of those institutions. This chapter will examine whether the law can effect equality in relation to ethnic diversity in professorial and senior academic positions, and whether it is a fair expectation.

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Section: Part Iii: 'Trickle Up'? -The Changing Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Colour of Shame: The Lack of Ethnically Diverse University Senior Academics and Professors – Can, and Should We, Expect the Law to Provide Equality?

Bourne

2024

The Long Walk to Equality: Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Injustice and the Law

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“…Significantly, much of the reviewed literature lacks empirical data, instead making assumptions about the experiences of Romani students. For example, Law and Swann (2011) argue that "Schools in Central European states […] produce Roma youth who regard themselves as second-rate citizens" (165) without including accounts from Romani youth. The lack of attention to student accounts in much of the literature is also articulated by Bhabha and colleagues (2017) and Ryder (2017).…”

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Romani Students’ Responses to Antigypsyist Schooling in a Segregated School in Romania

Dragos¹

2022

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In this article I explore the responses of Romani students in a segregated school in Romania to majoritarian deficit narratives constructed about them, investigating the specific nature of such deficit discourses and the specific strategies of resistance deployed by the students. To do so, I designed a theoretical framework which fused elements of Foucauldian and Critical Race Theory (CRT). The case study was underpinned by principles of in-depth critical qualitative research, explicitly addressing the racial, political and systemic nature of educational inequalities in Romania. I spent two weeks in a segregated secondary school, in which Romani students were tracked into Romani-only class groups. I observed 12 lessons and interviewed three white Romanian teachers and 11 Romani students. The findings suggested that teachers mobilized deficit discourses about Romani families, culture, cognitive abilities, and potential, reflected in their pedagogical strategies and justifications of Romani students’ ‘school failure’. Students resisted such assumptions through counterstorytelling, naming oppression, class disruption, and refusal of the ‘rules of schooling’, such as homework. I argue that this resistance highlights Romani students’ critical thinking and agency. Among others, the findings indicate the need for urgent change in Romanian teacher training and educational policy.

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Reinventando la política, género y sociedad en la cultura victoriana: un enfoque desde la retórica cultural

Cortes-Ramirez

2019

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Cultural Rhetoric is the tool with which culture makes society reinvent itself through language. In Victorian Culture, the struggle to be represented supposed a look to the future through a return to the classical world by means of the updating of Rhetoric. In other words, the interest in the ancient societies of Asia and the Mediterranean had awakened within Victorian society. In this updating process, Cultural Rhetoric achieves a new approach to the concepts of Politics, Gender and Society. For this reason, Cultural Rhetoric manages to be that specific instrument with which new cultural acceptances are made within Victorian Society.

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Ethnicity and Education in England and Europe

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The Colour of Shame: The Lack of Ethnically Diverse University Senior Academics and Professors – Can, and Should We, Expect the Law to Provide Equality?

The Colour of Shame: The Lack of Ethnically Diverse University Senior Academics and Professors – Can, and Should We, Expect the Law to Provide Equality?

Romani Students’ Responses to Antigypsyist Schooling in a Segregated School in Romania

Reinventando la política, género y sociedad en la cultura victoriana: un enfoque desde la retórica cultural

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