BOOKINGS OPEN
‘Meeting the
challenge: Improving Black and minority ethnic student success and
attainment’.
THURSDAY 8 JULY 2010
Coventry Techno Centre, Puma Way,
Coventry CV1 2TT
Higher Education Academy, Equality
Challenge Unit with Coventry University
The call for
contributions is now closed. Thank you to those who submitted an abstract for
the conference.
Booking
and Programme
The conference
is open for bookings. Registration is online at: http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/BME2010
There is a
£50 charge to attend. Please note that there are a limited number of free places
available for research students involved with this agenda.
The programme
is available at wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/BME2010/Pages/Programme.aspx
Key Note
Speaker
Professor
David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies in Education, Institute of
Education, University of London
Conference
Overview
Following
publication of the recommendations of the Ethnicity Gender and Degree
Attainment Project (Jan 2008), the Academy and Equality Challenge Unit has been
engaged in the delivery of a joint programme of activities to support the
sector in addressing the project findings. This one day conference provides an
opportunity for colleagues to engage with the emerging body of research about the
BME student experience and achievement and with initiatives that offer pointers
for making in-roads into reducing the BME attainment gap. This will include the
work of institutions taking part in the Academy/ECU developmental summit
programme to improve the degree attainment of BME students.
The event will bring researchers,
practitioners, policy makers, managers and students together to share and
discuss best practices; generate ideas for new research; and
disseminate
action orientated institutional research and development initiatives.
Further
Information
Please visit
the conference website, or for further information contact the organisers:
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Coventry
University - Dr Christine Broughan ([log in to unmask]) or Dr
Gurnam Singh ([log in to unmask])
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Higher
Education Academy - Jane Berry ([log in to unmask])
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Equality
Challenge Unit – Gary Loke ([log in to unmask]