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Race and Racial Inequities in HE Assessment: From Conceptualising Barriers to Measurable Solutions

27 November 2024, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm

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There is a current dearth of sociological and empirically substantiated evidence as to what works with regards to equalizing the uneven educative experiences of racialized students in higher education. There are even less empirically substantiated answers to what works with regards to addressing the barriers specifically manifest within HE assessment and related practices that are experienced by domicile students of colour in UK Higher Education Providers (HEPs).

Event Information

Open to

All

Organiser

Dr Alejandro Bolanos-Garcia-Escribano

Location

G08 Sir Davies Lecture Theatre
Roberts Building
Torrington Place
London
WC1E 7JE

Drawing on the findings of the first holistic, large-scale, UK, multi-institution and mixed-methods evaluation of an intervention explicitly designed to reduce the racialised barriers that exist within HE assessment, presented in my recent book 'Race and Assessment in Higher Education' (Emerald), this paper explores the answers to these questions. Utilising Ahmend and Cushing (2021) 'ideal student' frame, this talk shines light on the Racially Inclusive Practice in Assessment Guidance Intervention’s (RIPIAG) impact for improving (1) Teaching staff’s ability to identify and reduce the racialised inequities that are manifest in their assessment practice. (2) Students from minority-ethnic backgrounds’ experiences of assessment. And (3) its capacity to foster a reduction in the race award gap in student outcomes in assessment at the module level across all types of assessment in all disciplines. In doing so, this paper provides a case-study example of how to move from sociological enquiry to measurable change. 
 
This event is organised by the BAME Awarding Gap in SELCS Project (2022–25)

You can attend this event in person or online - 

https://ucl.zoom.us/j/96764098294

Meeting ID: 967 6409 8294
 

About the Speaker

Dr Paul Campbell

Associate Professor at University of Leicester

Dr Campbell is Associate Professor in the Sociology of race and inclusion and is the inaugural Director of the University of Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of race and inclusion primarily in two areas: in Higher Education spaces, and in Sport. Paul’s recent monograph, Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for 'Black' Ex-Professional Footballers draws on a combination of interviews and auto-ethnographic data, the author provides a case-study of 16 ‘black’ British male professional footballers' preparedness and experiences of retirement and transition from careers as professional athletes to mainstream work. The book offers a new perspective as few studies in sport have attempted to explicitly explore the intersections of race, class and masculinity in relation to career transitions. His recent HE and inclusion-based reports include the Tackling Racial Inequalities in Assessment in Higher Education: A Multi-Disciplinary Case Study (2021) and The Evaluation of the University of Leicester’s Decolonizing the Curricula Toolkit (2022).