Dear all,

The LSE Equality and Diversity blog has had quite a few interesting posts last week, especially of relevance to Black History Month. Here's a snapshot of them, you can click on the links to read the full posts -

1. Blacked Out: The truth about racism in higher education

ECU recently published a report on the experiences of black and minority ethnic staff in Higher Education in England. Here, Dr. Atul Shah, summarises and comments on the report arguing “…we are still too far from seeing the fundamental benefits of diversity.”

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/diversity/2011/10/blacked-out-the-truth-about-racism-in-higher-education/

2. Interview with Zara Paul: A Future Leader

Zara Paul recently graduated from LSE. She has been listed among the top 100 black graduates of the UK in the Future Leaders magazine 2011-12. In this interview she talks about her time at LSE, her passion for music, what being mixed race means to her and how she sees herself as being ‘massive’ in the next 10 years.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/diversity/2011/10/interview-with-zara-paul-a-future-leader/

3. Interview with Adwoa Owusu-Akyem: A Future Leader

Adwoa Owusu-Akyem recently graduated in law from LSE. She has been listed among the top 100 black graduates of the UK in the Future Leaders magazine 2011-12. In this interview, Adwoa expresses her scepticism about devoting only one month to celebrating black history, tells us what her time at LSE was like and talks about why she has chosen to become an ‘amazing barrister’.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/diversity/2011/10/interview-with-adwoa-owusu-akyem-a-future-leader/

Hope you enjoy reading them. Please do leave your feedback via the comments box on the blog.

Regards,