Access & Participation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities in UK Postgraduate Research — Policy Briefing
Access & Participation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities in UK Postgraduate Research — Policy Briefing
Following the recent notice of a joint Research England and Office for Students funding competition to reduce inequalities in postgraduate research, this UKCGE Policy Briefing gives an overview of access and participation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) postgraduate researchers (PGRs).
The following briefing uses data and data categories from the Higher Education Statistics Authority, with support from Research England.
Access and Participation of Black, Asian And Minority Ethnicities In UK Postgraduate Research
Summary
There are important differences in the inequalities between different ethnic groups in relation to postgraduate research, the following summary should be taken as an illustrative overview only:
- The proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students enrolled in UK HE in 2018/19 drops from 24.81% at undergraduate level to 18.07% at postgraduate research level (excluding enrolments where ethnicity is unknown).
- Between 2016/17 – 2018/19 there was a growth of 1.3% in the proportion of BAME PGRs.
- In 2018/19, 48.19% of BAME PGRs received no award or financial backing for their tuition fee, as compared with 32.66% of White PGRs.
- 18.91% of White PGRs qualified in 2018/19, as opposed to 16.13% of BAME PGRs.
Funding Bid Partnering Service
If you are considering submitting a funding bid and are interested in forming a partnership with another institution to enhance your project proposal or would like to discuss bid support with regards to dissemination of project outcome, the UKCGE can help.
Email Ian Covey for more information about the partnering service.
