Data show that the representation of scientists from marginalized ethnicities dwindles at each stage of UK academia.
series examining data on ethnic or racial diversity in science in different countries.
Black academics see a sharp drop from junior to senior scientific levels that is well below their representation in similar age groups in the wider UK population.A finer-grained analysis shows that, in particular, people of Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnicities are under-represented.
Robert Mokaya discovered in 2018 that he was the only Black chemistry professor in the United Kingdom. Credit: Andrew Marlow HallsworthThere are some positive signs. Undergraduates in the United Kingdom are more diverse than its wider population, across almost all minority ethnic groups. Yet particular science courses struggle to attract students from marginalized ethnicities. More than 8% of degree students in science subjects in 2020–21 were Black, but only 3.
Mahrukh Shameem, a PhD student in immunology at the University of Sheffield, UK. Credit: Claire Morton But socio-economic factors only go so far in explaining the trend. A student’s undergraduate experience also has an impact, says Wayne Mitchell, a molecular biologist at Imperial College London and co-chair of Imperial As One. If they feel they’ve been “banging their head against a brick wall”, they are not likely to want to continue, he says.
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