BME

On Thursday the 17th of October, the University of Nottingham welcomed back alumni Obianuju C Amamgbo, Lubna Essa, Michael Abiodun Olatokun and Charlotte Williams to discuss the BME experience and career success. There were fears from the organisers that this would be a controversial topic. This did not turn...

Isobel Billington explores what Nottingham is doing to celebrate Black History Month this year.  Black History Month got off to a ceremonial start with the unveiling of a plaque to remember Eric Irons, Britain’s first black magistrate. Nottingham was proud to honour our local hero on 1st October, at...

During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your BME candidates for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Omolade Osinaike and Bridget Mohammed Omolade Osinaike and Bridget...

According to the Resolution Foundation, black, Asian or minority-ethnic (BAME) graduates are less likely to be employed than their white counterparts. A recent report by the Resolution Foundation analysed the current situation on racial employability disparity in Britain. The report comes after Theresa May ordered an audit of public service...

Florence & Adreanna have been announced as the new Black and Minority Ethnics (BME) Officers.  The total number of people that voted for this position was 609. The pair won the position after one round of voting with 542 votes. Florence & Adreanna told Impact that, before the results were announced,...

Kehinde Andrews, the UK’s ‘first Professor of Black Studies’, has recently spoken out against racial inequality in UK universities. Andrews, a Professor at Birmingham City University, spoke to The Guardian about his view on racial inequality at universities. He shared the statisitic that “just 60 out of the UK’s 14,000...

The NUS National Executive Committee (NEC) recently rejected a motion calling for the NUS to condemn ISIS. Absurd as this seems, it is not as simple as the press headlines make out. On reading that the NEC had voted against condemning ISIS, I was initially inclined to agree with...