Race Update 7 – RHS Virtual Workshop on the impact of the Covid Crisis on BME Student Admissions in Higher Education, 18 June 2020

by | 22 Jun 2020 | Race Update

On the 18 June 2020, RHS hosted a Zoom discussion on predicted grades, university admissions and BME students, using History as an exemplar case. Following the government decision to cancel summer examinations, this year’s GCSE and A-Level grades will be predicted by...

Race Update 6 – ‘Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation’ Report by Runnymede, Ethnicity UK, Policy Press

by | 23 Apr 2020 | Race Update

Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation is a partnership between Runnymede and the CoDE at the University of Manchester. It is edited by Bridget Byrne, Claire Alexander, Omar Khan, James Nazroo and William Shankley and includes fourteen academics...

Race Update 2 – Higher Education Race Action Group

by | 05 Feb 2020 | Race Update

This ‘Race Update’ introduces resources that have been circulated by the Higher Education Race Action Group (HERAG) and other bodies that could be used in a range of settings such as staff and student induction, training sessions delivered in schools or teaching....

Race Update 1 – Highlights from 2019 Reports

by | 16 Jan 2020 | Race Update

Welcome to the first post of the new RHS Race Update blog series! In this new series, Dr Shahmima Akhtar, Past & Present Fellow for the Royal Historical Society’s Race, Ethnicity & Equality in History initiative will post on subjects related to race, ethnicity...

Roadmap for Change Update: The RHS Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report one year on.

by | 11 Dec 2019 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Publications, RHS Work

If you have been following the RHS, you will know that we have been involved in pressing to make History a more equal, inclusive and welcoming space. Our 2018 Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report committed the RHS to reporting on its progress a year on, and today we...