GOING BACKWARDS – OXFORD AND THE UNIVERSITY CLASS PROBLEM

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged bias, black students, BME, class, David Lammy MP, discrimination, diversity, elitism, ender, equality, equity, ethnicity, government, Grenfell Tower disaster, higher education, Oxford, politics, prejudice, privatisation, prospective students, regional inequality, ruling class, solidarity, students, uk, universities, upper class.

by Laura Potts

I was shocked to see in recent news that Oxford university has been accused of ‘social apartheid’ after their student intake was analysed. This story joins the long standing and highly complicated debate around the wider concept of university equality and educational fairness, revealing some worrying patterns that have begun to emerge in recent years.

REVIEW: BUTTERFLIES, THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM ZAIA

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged 21st century, album, Amy MacKown, Back to My Get Out, Barrington Levy, bass, brass, Butterflies, Challenge 145, choral, Chronixx, dancehall, Dark Days, David Rodigan, David Tomlinson, drum and bass, drums, dub, Fire in My Heart, folk, genre, Gentleman's Dub Club, gospal, Gregory Isaacs, guitar, James Bolton, Josh Hughes, keyboards, Letter from an Old Friend, live music, Marcia Richards, mastering, music, My House Grows in the Sun, new testament, Nubiyan Twist, Oxford, pop, reggae, review, rhythm, rock, roots, Simple Tune, Sister Nancy, spiritual, summer, The Ethiopians, The Skints, trance, Under the Tree, vocals, ZAIA.

By Rowan Gavin and Liam Hawkes

“We break the rules”

So says lead singer Amy MacKown on Simple Tune, the penultimate track of the debut album from Oxford’s current premiere Reggae outfit, ZAIA. We wouldn’t say they break the rules so much as blend and bend them, juggling genres and playing with preconceptions throughout this fascinating and infectious summertime record.

EDUCATION AND COLOUR: THE IMPORTANCE OF BME STUDENT COMMUNITIES

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #Oscarssowhite, #rhodesmustfall, academia, aspirations, black, black professorts, black students, BME, campus, Cecil Rhodes, Community, degree, diversity, education, ethnic, feminism, gender, IFS, inequality, minority, minority households, minority students, Omar Khan, Oxford, POC, Preventing Prevent, privatisation, race, racial inequality, racism, Runnymede Trust, safe space, scholarship, social platform, student, student loans, students, UEA, university, white, Why is my Curriculum so White?, Womanist Society.

by Candice Nembhard

From #oscarssowhite to #rhodesmustfall, a spotlight has been shone on the lack of diversity and positive representation for POC across numerous institutions. Although these discussions have been catalysed in online spheres, the implications of these hashtags reference the real experiences of silencing and downplaying the importance of solidarity among BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) people — particularly in student environments.

In 2015, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) conducted a study that suggested more BME students as opposed to White British students were enrolling in university — despite statistically ‘underperforming’ in academia. A general consensus made by researchers was that students from minority households have higher aspirations regarding education than their white counterparts, even with the increase made to tuition fees and the potential privatisation of student loans at hand.Continue Reading

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GOING BACKWARDS – OXFORD AND THE UNIVERSITY CLASS PROBLEM

REVIEW: BUTTERFLIES, THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM ZAIA

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