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Universities need to empower staff by giving them access to the data they need to remove ethnicity awarding gaps.
Many universities have found that putting a data dashboard in place has been key to building awareness and understanding of awarding gaps.
Universities should be more transparent about awarding gaps and share information with students in an accessible way.
For example, universities could:
Universities have made substantial progress in gathering and analysing data on ethnicity awarding gaps. We now have a much better understanding of what a good approach to managing awarding gap data is.
Collecting data is an essential first step. Now universities need to work to make sure staff are empowered to act on the data available to them. Universities also need to work more closely with students.
The gap between white and BAME students awarded a First for their degrees is 9.5%. The gap is 19.3% for Black students. Universities need to break down their awarding-gap data and think about what additional or targeted practices they need in order to tackle this discrepancy.
I think we have the data. I think now is for universities who have been doing the work to share the successes of their interventions, so that across the board, across all universities in the UK, we can begin to close that gap.
Lanvell
Postgraduate student, Swansea University
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