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UCL BAME Awarding Gap Project: 5 Years On

18 May 2023, 10:45 am–5:30 pm

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Join us in exploring how far UCL has come in addressing the BAME Awarding Gap and what we hope to achieve in the near future.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

BAME Awarding Gap Project Manager – BAME Awarding Gap Project

Location

Jeffrey Hall
UCL Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL

Join us for the UCL BAME Awarding Gap Conference 2023 '5 Years On'.

We will explore how far UCL has come in addressing the disparities in outcome and experience of undergraduate Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and white students at UCL. We will highlight key achievements, outcomes, learnings and look to the future at how UCL will close other awarding gaps.

Register for the conference here.

For information about accessibility at the venue please visit the IOE Visitor Information page.

If you require any specific adjustments related to disability to help us interact more effectively, please contact us by the 31st April at smss.studentsuccess@ucl.ac.uk.

Preliminary Programme

11:30

Opening Speech

Professor Kathleen Armour
UCL’s Vice-Provost Education & Student Experience

12:15

Keynote Speech

Sofia Akel
Cultural historian, Producer and Researcher

13:15

Lunch

 

14:15

BAME Awarding Gap: 5 Years On

Professor Parama Chaudhry
Co-Lead BAME Awarding Project
Pro-Vice Provost Education - Student Academic Experience

Dr Julie Evans
Co-Lead BAME Awarding Project
Faculty Tutor Brain Sciences

15:00

Break

 

15:15

Staff Presentations

 

15:45

Break

 

16:15

Staff Presentations

 

16:50

Student Success at UCL

Paulette Williams
Head of Student Success Projects

Rebecca Surin
Student Success Manager

17:30

Networking Reception

 

 

 

About the Speaker

Sofia Akel

Cultural historian, Producer and Researcher

We are pleased to introduce our keynote speaker:

BAME Awarding Gap Conference Keynote Speaker

Sofia Akel: Cultural historian, Producer and Researcher

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  • Bookseller Rising Star 2022
  • London Book Fair Trailblazer Nominee 2021
  • MBCC Social Activist Nominee 2021, 2022

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Featured In: Channel 4 News, ITV News, The Guardian, GRM Daily, Al-Jazeera English, NBC, Huffington Post, The Strategist (New York Magazine), BBC Radio London, Stylist Magazine, House Magazine & more

Sofia Akel is a cultural historian and producer, researcher, Black British studies lecturer and founder of the non-profit, Free Books Campaign. From leading institutional strategies to tackle systemic racism to research for music videos, podcasts and more, her work spans numerous sectors including the creative, educational, and charitable industries, publishing multiple leading research studies. Her work also includes events hosting, she was recently in-conversation with Hollywood actress Constance Wu, food critic and Master Chef guest judge Jimi Famurewa and Desmond Elliott Prize winner Derek Owusu.