Pls don't blame students for this. This is an institutional deficit not a student one! Colleagues in universities must take collective responsibility for tackling the issues that lead to these gaps. We must work together to succeed where we currently fail bit.ly/2V5OzrQ

Just about recovered from my 1st L&T conference. Fantastic day showcasing amazing work happening University of Brighton. Thanks to all that engaged with mine& @JoMacDonnell_TV session on BAME student experience. Looking forward to a busy year of challenging the narrative! #brightlearn19

Prof Ruth Whittaker kicking off what is sure to be a fantastic day at the University of Brighton student success conference focusing on BAME attainment and reducing the degree awarding gap. "It's not the students that need to be fixed, it's us" #closingthegapbton

Thought provoking keynote from Prof Kalwant Bhopal at University of Brighton #closingthegapbton conference. "Processes of racism, exclusion and marginalisation continue to exist in HE for both students and staff." Looking forward to exploring this further in my workshop sessions later today.

"No student should be forgotten about. Every student deserves our attention." @JoMacDonnell_TV and Chris Wellings lead us into what we are doing and will continue to build on to reduce the degree awarding gap and support our BAME students. #closingthegapbton

Fantastic opening to this afternoon's University of Brighton sandpit event from @SUBrighton representatives sharing their student experience. Plenty of food for thought for our groups to discuss #ClosingTheGapBton

Shattered after an invigorating day buzzing with ideas at #closingthegapbton. It's days like today that remind me how lucky I am to love what I do & how important work on BAME attainment and retention is. Now en route to Wolverhampton to spread the word at #HEIR2019 #superlongday

Excellent morning HumanitiesSubjectGroupBrightonUni with @JoMacDonnell_TV delivering a workshop on supporting the student experience, particularly for BAME students. Thank you to everyone for engaging so brilliantly and generating such important and useful conversations. #closingthegapbton

Amandip Bisel and I are looking forward to our second Staff Development #ClosingTheGapBton workshop this afternoon with KirstySmallbone @GeogGeoBrighton at the University of Brighton School of Environment and Technology

2 busy but productive days delivering #ClosingTheGapBton workshops University of Brighton School of Humanities & School of Environment & Technology with Amandip Bisel staff engaging with the data & having conversations about improving the experience for our BAME students

Great morning with University of Brighton Arts & creativity at the University of Brighton School of Art colleagues exploring the experiences of our BAME students and discussing positive actions to address the differential outcomes with Amandip Bisel #ClosingTheGapBton

Huge shout out to the awesome Paulette Williams for an engaging session and a fantastically cool and calm approach to such a challenging topic. We are still talking about your session! Thank you and come see us again! #closingthegapbton

And so its goodbye to this lovely city&my wonderful colleagues University of Brighton Centre for Learning and Teaching. It's been an absolute pleasure&I'll miss you all. @JoMacDonnell_TV keep up the wonderful work - I'll be keeping a watchful eye! Looking forward to getting stuck in St George's, University of London (1752-2024) very soon!

I'd appreciate it if friends, colleagues and allies could RT this thread on why it's important that we go beyond scholarships for Black students. These are practical steps that institutions can take towards racial equality in the PGR process. Pls add any you have to the thread.

Looking forward to getting stuck in!

A thought-provoking presentation by @JoMacDonnell_TV from University of Brighton and Amandip Bisel from St George's, University of London (1752-2024) #WPSeminars