A recently released report has revealed the fact that though there are more racial minority pupils successfully graduating from higher education institutions, suitable job opportunities are not that easy for them to come by when compared with their white counterparts.
Race for Opportunity has published a report – Race for Higher Education, showing the latest trends in BAME student education and job opportunities. The report revealed that almost 16% of pupils who study in universities across UK hail from a black Asian and minority ethnic backdrop or (BAME). This percentage has grown almost double from 8.3% in 1995/96.This growth in the BAME representation in UK universities is in tune with the increase in BAME populace among the 18 to 24 age group from 7.7% in 1995- 96 to 14.2% in 2007-08.
The analysis also showed that about 66% of the white students who passed out of universities in 2007-08 were able to find a job in a year’s time whereas only about 57% of BAME pupils were able to find a job.
The report has revealed that world-class universities like Oxford and Cambridge are not maintaining adequate student body representation for BAME students. At both the renowned institutions, better than average representation is given to Chinese and combined cultural students.
The report further stated that the representation of BAME groups was unbalanced among the Russell Group universities. Whereas the London-based universities, including the LSE and King’s College, have considerably more BAME students, those outside London lack adequate proportion of these students.
Sandra Kerr, National Campaign Director at Race for Opportunity is of the view that the analysis’s revelations are heartening: racial minorities find better representation in the realm of higher education as compared with their share in the population. Higher education is infinitely valuable, she said. Only if more BAME pupils pursue their studies at Oxford, Cambridge and other high-learning universities, will the cultural minorities get proper exposure to senior management positions.
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